Inez Freitas, 81, of Groveland, Fla., formerly of Fredonia passed away Saturday (Jan. 7, 2023) at home.
She was born April 7, 1941 in Dunkirk, the daughter of the late James and Maria (Nunes) Freitas of Madeira Island, Portugal and New York.
Inez worked as a Home Healthcare aide for more than 20 years. She was very dedicated and gave good service. She took care of her eldest brother, Joseph C. Freitas, for approximately 9 years. She was married and is survived by her five children, Brenda Paine, Donna Jean and Brad Keicher, Pamela Ann and Jaime Welker, Robert Bielecki, and Laura Lynn and Dan Decker; eight grandchildren, Curtis and Brandon Paine, Stephen and David Welker, Jocelyn and Jesse Decker, and Brooke and Dustin Keicher; two great grandchildren, Sydney and Savannah Paine; three sisters, Mary Ann Parts, Alda Ann Bradnick, and Charlotte Freitas; brother, Daniel D. Freitas and his wife Frances Friel; sister-in-law, Nancy Freitas; and several nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Margarida Freitas; four brothers, Richard, Donald D., James C., and Joseph C. Freitas; brothers-in-law, Richard O. Bradnick and Leo Parts; sisters-in-law, Elsie Platt Freitas and Mary Elizabeth Freitas; two nieces, Cynthia A. Bradnick and Lois Freitas Swierski, and two nephews, Kenneth J. Bradnick and Dennis A. Freitas.
Calling hours will be held Monday, Jan. 16, from 9-11 a.m. at the McGraw-Kowal Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 12 noon in Holy Trinity Church. Burial will be in St. Anthony’s Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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