Alice M. Friedrich (Plainview)

Funeral services for Alice M. Friedrich, 91 of Plainview will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 10, 2017 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Plainview. Visitation will be one hour prior to service at the church. Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery under the direction of Ashburn Funeral Home. Alice Friedrich passed away on Monday, March 6, 2017 at the CHI Hospital in Plainview.



Alice was born May 1, 1925 on a farm by Foster, NE. She was the daughter of Albert and Hilda (Kuhl) Kieckhafer. Alice grew up northwest of Foster and attended District 67 county School. She graduated from Plainview High School in 1943. After graduation she left for California and worked several jobs on ship yards. Alice then found work at the United Airlines in Cheyenne, WY during the war.

On October 27, 1946 she married Clifford Friedrich. They farmed near Foster before moving on the family farm northwest of Plainview. The couple had three children: Karen, Albert, and Marvin.


Alice is survived by her children: Karen (Bob) Brock of Elk Point, SD; Albert (Dianne) Friedrich of Plainview; and Marvin Friedrich of Norfolk; Sister Delores (Russ) Briggs of Lexington, KY; sister-in-law’s Dorothy Krohn of Plainview and Ann Friedrich of Florida; brother and sister-in-law, Walter and Marge Friedrich of Plainview; six grandchildren, thirteen great grandchildren, and 4 great great grandchildren.


She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Clifford, sister Lois, and brother-in-law’s Fritz Olson, Elmer Friedrich, and Ray Krohn.