San Joaquin-Orange County CA Obituary Project Obituaries..... Freschi, Joy Ritter  April 3 2004
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Originally published in the Tracy Press on Tuesday, April 6, 2004
Joy Ritter Freschi
Aug. 30, 1935 — April 3, 2004

A memorial service will be Friday afternoon in Santa Ana for Joy Ritter 
Freschi, 68, a former Tracy resident who died Saturday at her home in Villa 
Park following an illness of eight months.
She was the daughter of the late C.E. “Pete” and Margaret Ritter of Tracy. Her 
father was a real estate developer, insurance broker and community leader, and 
her mother was one of the founders of Tracy Community Players, who toured the 
state performing “theater in miniature” for clubs and organizations.
Mrs. Freschi grew up in Tracy and graduated in 1953 from Tracy High School, 
where she was student body secretary, vice president of the Girls Block T 
Society and a cheerleader.
She attended Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., and the University of 
California, Berkeley, before becoming a United Airlines flight attendant.
While she lived in Villa Park, Mrs. Freschi was an officer of the Providence 
Speech and Hearing Auxiliary, a member of Inner Wheel and a founder of Amigos 
de Rio, a support group for the Rehabilitation Institute of Southern 
California. She recently was made a Paul Harris Fellow by the local Rotary club.
Her husband is a member of the Villa Park City Council and a former mayor. The 
couple has enjoyed golfing and traveling.
Survivors include her husband, Richard Freschi of Villa Park; two daughters, 
Paula Freschi and Lisa Grau, both of Orange; and five grandchildren.
Also surviving are two brothers, Norman R. Ritter of Kennebunk, Maine, and 
Peter S. Ritter of Tracy.
Friday’s memorial service will begin at 3 p.m. at Fairhaven Memorial Park, 1702 
Fairhaven Ave., in Santa Ana.
The family prefers memorial contributions in Mrs. Freschi’s name be made to St. 
Joseph Hospital Foundation, 505 S. Main St., Orange 92878.



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