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FRIEDA VIRGINIA BLUDAU August 26, 1933 – August 14, 2015 Frieda Bludau, 81, of San Antonio, Texas, passed away Friday, August 14, 2015. She was born on August 26, 1933, in Hallettsville, Texas, to Ben and Emilia Woitaske Bludau. Frieda grew up on the family farm in Hallettsville, Texas, and graduated in 1952 from Sacred Heart High School. After high school, she became a member of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament Community in Victoria, Texas. She received a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Incarnate Word College, and a second degree in Library Science from Our Lady of the Lake University. For 25 years, Frieda taught Catholic school in LaGrange, Sealy, and at St. Leo's in San Antonio, Texas. In 1977, she began teaching public school at Gillette Elementary in San Antonio, Texas. Frieda taught 4th grade for the majority of her career. She loved her students, spoiling them with candy blow-pops and playing games. Younger students couldn't wait to reach 4th grade just so they could be in her class. After 42 years of teaching, Frieda finally retired, but continued to substitute teach for many years thereafter. Frieda was a long-time member of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in San Antonio, Texas, where she was involved in numerous community, school, and church activities, to include Ladies of Charity, Altar Society, Eucharistic Ministry, and the Church Choir. She enjoyed dining with her friends, country driving, and gambling trips. Frieda spent her lifetime serving the Lord. She had many friends, brought joy to many lives, and left loving, fond, grade school memories with the numerous children she taught over the years. Frieda, the youngest of 11 children, is preceded in death by her parents, her 6 brothers Hilbert, Leo, Herbert, Bernard, George, and twin brother Freddie, and 4 sisters Anita Hajovsky-Drabek, Adela Bludau, Lucille Friesenhahn, and Mary Louise Staudt. She is survived by 58 nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held Thursday, August 20, from 5:00 to 9:00 PM, with the rosary at 7:00 PM at Mission Park Funeral Chapel South, 1700 SE Military Dr, San Antonio, Texas 78214. On Friday, August 21, a funeral procession will depart from Mission Park Funeral Chapel South to arrive at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church for the 10:00 AM funeral mass, with Fr. Frank Macias as celebrant. Interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, 17501 Nacogdoches Rd. In lieu of flowers, donations may be given in Frieda Bludau's honor to St. Leo the Great Catholic Church or School, 4415 S. Flores, San Antonio, Texas 78214.

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Frieda V. Bludau

August 26, 1933 - August 14, 2015