Visitation: TUESDAY – 2-4 and 7-9 PM at The Dietrich Funeral Home Inc.
Service: WEDNESDAY – A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church at 9:30 AM Fremming, Roger F. August 10, 2013,
beloved husband of
Ruth (nee Jantzen)
Fremming; loving father
of Deborah (Edward)
Knight and Ann
(Randall) Pankow; dear
grandfather of Thomas (Antonia)
Knight; great-grandfather of Trevor and
Sydney Knight; brother of Ken
Fremming and the late Jim Fremming;
also survived by many nieces and
nephews. Friends may call Tuesday
from 2-4 and 7-9 at the DIETRICH
FUNERAL HOME, INC., 2480
Kensington Ave., Amherst, NY. A Mass
of Christian Burial will be held on
Wednesday at 9:30 AM at St. Aloysius
Gonzaga Church, 157 Cleveland Dr.,
Buffalo 14215. Please assemble at
church. Flowers gratefully declined.
Memorials may be made to The
American Cancer Society. Roger
served as a Buffalo Police Officer at
Main & Court Streets in downtown for
many years. Online condolences at
www.TheDietrichFuneralHome.com July 18, 1920 – Aug. 10, 2013 Roger Fremming, a former Buffalo police officer, died Saturday. He was 93. Mr. Fremming was born in Buffalo and graduated Fosdick Masten High School in 1938. He was signed as a pitcher by the Cleveland Indians to a minor-league contract and played in the Florida State League on the Leesburg Florida Anglers. He left his baseball career behind when he enlisted in the Army during World War II, serving as a cryptographer in the Philippines and New Guinea. He returned to Buffalo and joined the police force, becoming a traffic patrolman and a fixture at Main and Court streets for many years. He retired in 1980, two years after receiving the force’s Public Safety Award. Survivors include his wife of 65 years, the former Ruth Jantzen; two daughters, Debby Knight and Annie Pankow; and a brother, Ken. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church, 157 Cleveland Drive.