S1 Karl W. Fruecht

1927 – 2019

USN

WWII

Karl William Fruecht was born on September 11, 1927, near West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, to Karl and Josephine (Le Jeune) Fruecht.

He served in WWII in the U.S. Navy, where he was a decorated soldier. He used the benefits from the G.I. bill to graduate the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in Finance.

Freucht was married in Allegheny, PA, on August 17, 1950, to Lois Dittman, with whom he had four children.  He married Elaine (DeTomasi) West in 1985.

Freucht became an Executive VP of Household International, and led the project to make Household the first global financial institution to manage their daily profit and loss statement and information systems real-time. 

After he retired, he held executive positions at a handful of financial institutions. He was also involved in St. Anne Church in Barrington, and played secular significant roles at the Archdiocese of Chicago. He was an avid golfer, and was the first President of Turnberry Country Club.

Seaman First Class Karl Fruecht passed away peacefully on March 17, 2019; he is buried with his wife Elaine, at Evergreen Cemetery in Barrington.

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Courtesy of Signal Hill Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution