A Celebration of Life service for Sheryl Lynn Freestone of Perry was held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 at the First Christian Church in Perry.
Rev. Andrea Brownlee provided words of comfort. Interment took place at Violet Hill Cemetery in Perry. Hastings Funeral Home in Perry was in charge of arrangements.
Sheryl Lynn Freestone, daughter of Melvin Cregeen and Evelyn Varner, was born Dec. 31, 1957, in Des Moines, Iowa, and died Nov. 8, 2016, at the Dallas County Hospital in Perry, Iowa, at the age of 58.
Sheryl was raised and educated in Perry.
In 1973 Sheryl married Mack Freestone. They lived in Colorado and later Hawaii.
In 2001 Sheryl moved back to Perry. She was married to Robert Anderson, and they later divorced.
While in Hawaii, Sheryl was a CNA and worked as a homemaker for her landlord. In Perry she worked as a CNA at the Rowley Memorial Masonic Home and then for Burger King. She also worked at Kum and Go, Mars Dairy Bar and then returned to Burger King. Because of failing health, she later retired.
Sheryl was very much loved by her entire family, and she loved them. She enjoyed cards, Yahtzee, watching old movies on television and sewing.
Sheryl was preceded in death by her mother, Evelyn; and brother, Brian Cregeen.
She will be greatly missed by her father, Melvin Cregeen of Perry; children, Joshua Freestone of Perry, Jasmine Ivo and her husband, James, of Colorado Springs, Colo., Damian Freestone and Stephanie Madriaga and her husband, Allen, of Perry; grandchildren, Ashlyn, Dana, Morgan, Kyra, Preston, Raven, Alexander and one greatly anticipated grandchild; brothers, Terry Cregeen and his wife, Deanna, and Jeff Cregeen and his wife, Amanda; sisters, Lori Titchener and her husband, Gary, and Debra Cregeen, all of Perry; aunts and uncles, Mort Cregeen, Mike Cregeen, Marilyn Bailey and husband, Leon, Marcella Dergan and Ada Varner; nieces; nephews; great-nieces and great-nephews; other relatives; and many friends.
A Gofundme page has been established by the family to assist with Sheryl’s funeral expenses.
