Nicole Noel Freda

FREDA, Nicole Nicole Noël Freda, 11, the beloved daughter of John and Karen Noël Freda, died Friday April 9, 2010 at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London, CT. Born in Hartford, she and her family lived in Gales Ferry, CT and Bowie, MD before moving to West Hartford one year ago. While in Bowie, Nicole loved visiting the Smithsonian Museums, Mount Vernon and other historical sights. She loved the movie, A More Perfect Union, which portrayed the heated debates of the Constitutional Convention. She thought she might want to be a historian. When the family returned to West Hartford, Nicole was in the sixth grade at St. Timothy Middle School. She was a clarinet player in the school band and played a mean theme from the Pink Panther, which lifted her parent's hearts. She was an active player in the town soccer and softball leagues and was becoming a real slugger. In the winter, she loved skiing every Wednesday with her Mother and friends at Ski Sundown where she mastered Gunbarrel. From the time she could hold her head up and fit into the Kelty Kids backpack, she joined her parents hiking. Her special treat was the yearly trips to the family farm in Madawaska, Maine to visit Aunt Candide and Uncle Harry where she could roam the woods and fields, swim in the pond and go for tractor rides – she was her parent's "Outdoor Girl." She was a voracious reader of books and won the St. Timothy Middle School Readathon. She always acted like her father's humor was stupid but deep down inside she really liked it. John had a model for his family that looked like the atomic models from high school Chemistry. Karen was the proton, Nicole was the neutron and John was the electron. The two ladies had a special, tight and unbreakable bond in the nucleus that only a loving mother and daughter could share. As the father, John rotated around them not quite the insider but an integral part and protector of the family. Nicole was John and Karen's gift from God and to God she returned. She was a true blessing and the life that she lived was full of love that was given by many. Besides her parents, she is survived by the paternal and maternal grandparents; Gerard and Karen Freda and Paul and Doris Noël all of West Hartford. She was predeceased by her paternal grandmother Sandra Kittle. Her aunts and uncles; Janice and Peter Montano, Jacqueline and Eric Wolski, Janet Noël Zaleski and Daniel Zaleski all of West Hartford, Brian Noël of Newington, Marguerite Freda of Vernon, Christopher Freda and Mary Freda both of West Hartford also survive her. She also leaves her cousins; Brittany, Kristen and Lauren Montano, Crysta, and Cory Wolski, Dominic, Julian and Nickolas Zaleski, Tony Gonzalez and Nathan Nazario, her beloved dogs "Angus" and "Annie", her Guinea Pigs, "Sweet Peaches" and "Sour Cream", her many friends and classmates in Connecticut and Maryland, and her close friends Mandy, Lizzie, Brit Brit, and Shannon. Friends are invited to join Nicole's family at the celebration of her Mass of Christian Burial on Wednesday April 14th at 10:00 a.m. in St. Mark the Evangelist Church 467 So. Quaker Lane, West Hartford. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford. A reception celebrating Nicole's life will be held immediately after burial at the St. Mark's Parish Center. Calling hours are Tuesday from 3-7 p.m. at the Molloy Funeral Home 906 Farmington Ave. West Hartford. Donations in her memory may be made to St. Timothy Middle School – Library, 225 King Philip Dr. West Hartford, CT 06119. Online messages of remembrance may be made at www.molloyfuneralhome.com

Nicole Noel Freda

July 27, 1998 - April 9, 2010