Background
Friede, Gretchen Perau was born on September 10, 1935 in Oswego, New York, United States. Daughter of Karl W. and Hazel M. (Perau) Grulich.
metal finishing company executive
Friede, Gretchen Perau was born on September 10, 1935 in Oswego, New York, United States. Daughter of Karl W. and Hazel M. (Perau) Grulich.
Bachelor of Science, Wagner College.
Draftsman Fairchild Engineering, Long Island, New York, 1957—1959. Office manager Coastal Metal Finishing Company, Inc., Merrimac, Massachusetts, 1969—1979, general manager, 1979—1980, president, since 1980.
Member of Master Metal Finishers, American Electroplaters Society.
Married Walter R. Friede (deceased July 1980). Children: Lucinda, Sandra, Debra, Janis.