Freeda Quindaria Haggerty

Freeda C. Haggerty, of Seaside and Cannon Beach, Oregon, died on Friday, April 20, 2018, in Wheeler, Oregon. She was born May 23, 1920, to Charles B. and Lesslie Hoesman Cooper in Merom, Indiana.

She was the eldest of two girls, and graduated in 1938 from Newport High School in Newport, Indiana. After school, she moved to Estes Park, Colorado, where she met and married David W. Haggerty Jr. in 1939.

The couple settled in Portland, Oregon, where they raised their three children. They moved to Tolovana Park, Oregon, in 1975, where they co-owned The Driftwood Inn Restaurant in Cannon Beach with their daughter and son-in-law, to whom they sold their interests in 1985. Freeda also owned her own gift shop, “Something Special,” in Cannon Beach.

A devout Catholic, she was an active member of St. Peter the Fisherman Church in Arch Cape.

She is preceded in death by her husband of 73 years, Dave, and grandson, Matt Haggerty. She is survived by her sister, Norma Bridges of Indianapolis, Indiana; a daughter and son-in-law, Terry and John Ward of Cannon Beach; two sons and daughters-in-law, David and Peggy Haggerty of Salem, Oregon, and Paul and Claudia Haggerty of Bend, Oregon; a foster daughter, Stephanie Burk of Boring, Oregon; 10 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.

A rosary will be recited on Friday, May 4, 2018 at 10:30 a.m., followed by an 11 a.m. Mass, at St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church, 79441 U.S. Highway 101 S., Arch Cape, Oregon. A reception will follow in the church hall.

In lieu of flowers, Freeda requested a donation to be made to a charity of one’s choice.