Freida F. Cosby, age 105, of Brookville, Indiana and a former longtime resident of Crawfordsville, died peacefully early Tuesday morning, Oct. 8, 2024, at the Brookville Healthcare Center in Brookville.
She was born Oct. 5, 1919, in Clinton County, Indiana, to John and Opal Hill, her mother Opal passed away in 1923, and Freida was taken in by Orville and Myrtle Doty, who later adopted her.
She attended Sugar Plain grade school and graduated from Thorntown High School with the class of 1937. She then attended Beck’s Beauty College in Indianapolis, graduating in 1939. She was employed at beauty shops in Greencastle and Lebanon until 1944.
On March 4, 1944, she was united in marriage to Wayne J. Cosby after his return from World War II; they moved to Crawfordsville in 1945. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Crawfordsville for 70 years.
She was a member of the Home Demo Club for 65 years; she was a member and past president of the Harmony Eighteen Club; and a 50-year member of the Farm Bureau. She was a member of the Riley Cheer Guild for 60 years, having made over 30,000 puppy pillows for children at Riley Children’s Hospital until they discontinued the program.
In August 2014, she moved to Brookville to be close to her daughter. She is now a member of the Brookville United Methodist Church in Brookville.
Survivors include: her daughter and son-in-law Pam and John Ingermann of Brookville; two grandchildren, Greg (Patty) Ingermann and Jennifer (Brett) Lanning all of Ft. Wayne; five great-grandchildren, Zach Ingermann, Luke Ingermann, Derek Lanning, Megan Lanning, and Tyler Lanning; one great-great-grandson Ivàn Ingermann; half-sister Pat Stoops of Chillicothe, Illinois; two half-brothers, Larry Hill of Shelbyville, Kentucky and David Hill of Frankfort.
She was preceded in death by her parents, as well as her husband, Wayne J. Cosby who died Feb. 11, 2005; brother Howard Hill; half-brother Harold Hill; and two half-sisters, Helen Hemmerling and Janet Douglas.
Family and friends may visit 5-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 at Phillips & Meyers Funeral Home, 1025 Franklin Ave., Brookville.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 at Hunt & Son Funeral Home, 107 N. Grant Ave., Crawfordsville, where there will be visitation from noon until the time of the service at 1 p.m. Saturday. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the Brookville United Methodist Church or the First Christian Church of Crawfordsville.
The staffs of Phillips & Meyers Funeral Home and Hunt & Son Funeral Home are honored to serve the Cosby family to sign the online guest books, visit www.phillipsandmeyers.com or www.huntandson.com.
