Minnie Elizabeth (Freytag) Eskew, 93, of Hillsboro, died Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, at 3:20 p.m. at Montgomery Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Taylor Springs.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, Feb. 20, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home in Hillsboro. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. at the funeral home, with Mark Noyes of Hillsboro officiating. Burial will be held in Elm Lawn Cemetery in Litchfield.
Mrs. Eskew was born Jan. 1, 1925, in Plainview, the daughter of Fritz and Augusta (Runge) Freytag. She married Richard Gene Eskew on April 25, 1944, in Carlinville, and he preceded her in death on Sept. 5, 2009.
A homemaker, she lived in Plainview, Carlinville, Litchfield, Hudson, FL and Hillsboro during her lifetime. She was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, and the Montgomery County Senior Citizens Center. She attended Free Methodist Church in Hillsboro. She loved to travel with her friends, especially her best friend, Mable Murray. She loved to go out to dinner, visit with family and play cards once a week with her card group.
She is survived by her children, Karen (Roland) Gunn of Waverly, Susan (Robert) Schwandner of Staunton, Richard (Melissa) Eskew of Hillsboro and Terry (Connie) Eskew of Hillsboro; seven grandchildren, Chad (fiancee Jennifer Russ) Whitten, Erica Emmett, Rhett (Devyn) Eskew, Claire (Thomas) Reynolds, Morgan Gunn, Sarah (Daniel) Fales and Derek (Megan) Eskew; six great-grandchildren, Zachary, Jacob and Kailynn Fales, Jonathan and Ila Rose Emmett and Charley Ann Marie Eskew; sisters-in-law, Eileen Eskew of Girard and Dorothy Kates of Carlinville; brother-in-law, William Leonatti of Carlinville; and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by nine siblings.
Memorials may be made to Operation Smiles, the Montgomery County Senior Citizens Center or Meals on Wheels.
Condolences may be left at www.basspattondean.com.
