May 23, 2022 at 8:45 p.m.
Sheila Freckmann Dillon
Sheila Freckmann Dillon
Jim and Sheila happily started their new life, ultimately creating another large family and traveling extensively on the wings of his full international career with the Foreign Agricultural Service. They had five children on three continents: two daughters, Clare and Anne, and three sons, Andy, Barry, and Chad. When back in the United States, the family enjoyed spending time with friends and family in the Washington, D.C. area, North Carolina, Connecticut, Ohio, and especially in Wisconsin with the welcoming Freckmann clan. Sheila and Jim retired “up north” on Big and Little Hurst lakes in 1993. Jim passed away in 1998.
In 2006 Sheila remarried an old friend of international travels, Brian Dillon, and moved to Sydney, Australia to take up a new life. When not resident in Sydney, Sheila and Brian continued their international travels, often visiting Sheila’s children and friends around the globe as long as that was possible. Sheila confronted with dignity, hope, and optimism the health challenges she faced in her last years, a cheerful smile rarely absent from her lips. She died on July 30, 2021 in Sydney.
Sheila was predeceased by her siblings, Anne, Howard, Libby, and Barry. She is survived by her second husband, her five children, 14 grandchildren: Ben, Marina, Gabi, Eva, Sophia, Ekavi, Emma, Gabe, Chloe, Anna, Eliza, Sarah, Quinn, and Cameron, and three great-grandchildren, Boaz, Leon and Cleo. She is sorely missed.
A burial service will be held at Presque Isle Cemetery, Saturday, May 28, at 11 a.m. All who knew Sheila are welcome to attend.
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