Eileen Fricke

Eileen Marian Fricke, at a strong 81 years old, left this

world on February 24, 2021, after surviving covid and a

long fight with Alzheimer's.

She was born on December 5, 1939 to James Edward

Kramar and Marian Eileen Kramar (Vondracek) in

Schuyler, Nebraska. She graduated Schuyler High

School in 1957, then went to Lincoln School of

Commerce where she finished a secretarial course. She

married twice. Once in 1958 (a marriage that produced

3 sons and a daughter,) and again in 1986. She lived in

many places in Nebraska, including Fremont, Ayr, and

Pauline, as well as Sioux City, Iowa, followed by homes

in Colorado in Westcliffe, Rocky Ford, Avondale, Denver,

Lakewood, and her final home in Brighton.

She spent much of her life heavily involved in church

activities. She loved watching movies musicals and

westerns. She read many autobiographies and

appreciated the beauty of the world, including a good

cry, falling snow, starry night skies, and sunrises. She

worked many places, enjoying a long time as a

proofreader at the Hastings, Nebraska newspaper, the

Hastings Tribune (before spell check existed!) She

followed that with a fresh career later in life as a QMAP

at assisted living facilities in Westcliffe and Rocky Ford,

before finally retiring when moving to Avondale. After

moving to the Denver area in 2016, she spent her days

enjoying time with friends and family, along with

resurrecting her talent for coloring. She loved people,

enjoyed every aspect of life, and thought of nothing but

keeping all those around her happy. Her smile and laugh

brightened every soul she touched.

She was preceded in death by her mother and father,

brother Ed Kramar, and Sister-in-Law Dorothy Kramar

(Sladek.) She is survived by sister Mary Jo Rutt (Kramar)

and Brother-in-Law Dale Rutt, her children James Muhle

(Jacki,) Michael Muhle, Mari Lyn Muhle, and Patrick

Muhle, grandchildren Jordon, Shealee, Cole, Lane,

Christine, and Faith, and 14 great grandchildren.

She will be loved and missed daily.

Feel free to share a message on her tribute wall.

In the summer of 2022, we will spread her ashes in

Westcliffe, Colorado, where she woke up daily to

sunshine, mountain views, a job she loved, a home she

adored, and greeted life with a smile I will never forget.