Carl Andrew Freytag
Marriages
Charlotte B.
Charlotte Hotz - May 30, 1959
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6A Death Notice - April 19, 2013
Carl A. Freytag, 83, Grand Junction, died April 17, 2013, at St.
Mary’s Hospital.
Services are pending with Martin Mortuary.
He was a mining engineer.
Survivors include his wife, Charlotte B.; two sons, Peter S. of
Johnstown and Andrew A. of Evergreen; two daughters, Lynn Wilcox
and Chrstine Freytag, both of Grand Junction; 12 grandchildren;
and one great-grandchild.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3D - April 21, 2013
Carl was born September 16,
1929, in East Orange New Jersey
to Robert and Louise (Egner)
Freytag.
Carl earned a B.S. in Mining
Engineering at the University of
M i s s o u r i - R o l l a i n 1 9 5 1 . H e
worked at the Climax Molybdenum
mine near Leadville before
honorably serving in the Army
during the Korean Conflict. After returning to Colorado, he worked
in the mining industry in Western Colorado and Utah.
He married Charlotte (Hotz) Freytag on May 30, 1959. Carl later
attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and then obtained his
teacher's certification. He taught High School Math and Science in
Arvada and Grand Valley Colorado for several years, but eventually
returned to mining. He worked in Colorado's oil shale development
(Tosco) in the late 60's, and then at the AEC/DOE, overseeing the
Uranium Lease Management Program in southwestern Colorado
until his retirement in 1991. Carl enjoyed the outdoors through out
his life, and family vacations were often spent backpacking, fishing
and camping. Carl's first love was his family, but the Colorado outdoors
was a close second. In retirement, he enjoyed lunches and
fellowship with other miners, the RAM's, and tending his vegetable
garden. He was still summiting 14'ers in his late 60's, elk hunting in
his 70's, and fishing and skiing in his 80's.
Carl was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Robert.
He is survived by his wife, Charlotte, and two daughters, Lynn Wilcox
and Christine Freytag of Grand Junction, and two sons, Peter
(Paula) Freytag of Johnstown, CO, and Andy (Sue) Freytag of Evergreen,
CO. There are 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Private services will be held.
Condolences to memories@freytagfamily.com.
