William Ambrose Freemire

July 30, 1927-October 2, 2021

Bill was born in Lansing, Michigan being the first child of LeGrand and Lourena Freemire. Bill was a lifelong resident of the Lansing area, graduating from Eastern High School in 1945. Bill was a lifelong Spartan fan, graduating from MSU in 1949. Bill was a member of the Downtown Coaches Club for many years. Bill’s homecoming with Jesus Christ coincided perfectly with the Spartans Homecoming game October 2, 2021. Bill worked all thru college with a few of his jobs being for Reo Motors and a census taker.

After college Bill joined the National Guard giving four years of service. After leaving college he met the girl of his dreams, Joan Elaine Lear, and they were married May 17, 1952. One day Bill called on a job for a claims adjuster with State Farm Insurance. When someone answered the phone he told them, “I want to be a Sales Agent”. Well, Bill was put in touch with the Sales Manager “Ike Gage” and as they say, the rest is history.

Bill loved being a State Farm Agent and built up a very successful agency. Many family vacations could find a slight detour to go take a picture of a homeowner policy he just wrote. Bill went on to win numerous contests and company trips as a result of his hard work and sales efforts. Retiring from State Farm in 1994, Bill enjoyed a very active retirement playing golf, tennis, traveling and watching his Tigers spring train in Lakeland, Florida, where he spent his winters.

Preceding him in death are his parents, LeGrand and Lourena Freemire, and the love of his life, Jo E. Freemire. Surviving are son, Bill Freemire; daughter, Diana Jo (David) Weber of Lansing; son, Steven E. (Cindy) Freemire of Okemos; son, Eric Freemire; sister, Arone Huisgen; two brothers from different mothers, Andy Townsend of East Lansing and Larry Curtis of Florida; 9 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held at 11:30am Thursday, October 7, 2021 at Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes East Chapel. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday from 2-4 and 6-8pm.