Alfreada "Freada" Martha Cutright Obituary (1917

Alfreada "Freada" Martha Cutright, 94, a resident of the Banks community died Saturday morning, May 26, 2012 at the Providence St Vincent Medical Center in Portland. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be said at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 2, 2012 at St Francis Catholic Church in Roy, OR Funeral Mass will be celebrated following the Rosary at 11:30 a.m. also at St Francis Catholic Church; 39135 NW Harrington Rd in Roy. Rite of Christian Burial and Vault interment will follow the Mass at St Francis Catholic Cemetery in Roy. Family and Friends are invited to attend a potluck reception following the burial held in the School basement. Freada was born on the family farm on July 29, 1917 in Sentinel Butte, ND. She was one of twelve children born to Peter and Anna (Reiter) Lardy. She was raised and received her education in Sentinel Butte and moved with her family to Roy, OR when she was 17 years old. She met her future husband, Ralph E. Cutright while at a dance in Gales Creek. They soon began dating and they were married on January 27, 1940 at ST Francis Catholic Church in Roy, OR. Following their marriage they followed Ralph's work as a logger and first lived in Manning and then moved to Coos Bay area in 1964. In 1978 they moved again to Mist and settled in Banks in 1980. Ralph passed away on July 21, 1986 and Freada continued to live in Banks until her passing. Freada was first and foremost a mother to her seven children, earlier in her marriage she also had worked with her husband as a heavy equipment operator, she was also a LPN in Coos bay and had worked in the canneries. Among her interest she enjoyed painting, crochet, sewing and gardening. She was an accomplished cook and enjoyed having her family gather for special holidays and events. Freada could finish a word search book in one day and was faithful to her church, St Francis Catholic Church in Roy. She is preceded in death by her loving husband, three children; Lyle and Leon Cutright and Judy Bigsby, a daughter-in-law; Shirley Cutright, two grandsons; Rod Bigsby, Travis Cutright, two granddaughters; Penny and Michelle Cutright, her parents and eleven siblings. Survivors include her four children and their spouses; Amos Cutright of Mist, OR, Kathy Littleton of Banks, OR, Cindy and Richard Robideaux of Albany, OR, Renee and Casey Hall of Scio, OR, a daughter-in-law; Fran Cutright of Bandon, OR, a son-in-law; David Bigsby of Timber, OR,