Colleen Frey, of Appleton, died Saturday, November 30, 2013, at her home near Milan, MN at the age of 58.
Memorial services will be held at a later date.
Colleen Frances Frey was born February 7, 1955 at New Ulm, MN the daughter of Earl and Verna (Miller) Frey. She moved with her family to Anoka as a young girl and graduated from Anoka High School in 1973. Colleen received her BA in music education in 1980 from St. Cloud State and her MA in education from the University of MN Duluth in 2005. She lived in St. Cloud, Grand Marais and Buffalo (when and where we met) before moving to the Milan/Appleton in 2002. Colleen was united in marriage with John Tanquist August 2, 2002 in Madison, MN. Colleen was the area's blues queen and played with many bands, finalizing her career with "Queen Colleen and the Frey Daddies" these past few years. Any musician who played with her knew they were a daddy when she took direction of the sound stage. She was active in the Milan MOVERS (multiple options for visionaries enhancing and reforming society) and a SWIF component fund in the Milan Community Foundation.
She is survived by her husband, John Tanquist; her mother, Verna Frey of Anoka, MN; two sisters: Denise (Al) Saylor of Anoka, MN and Diane (Brad) McCormick of Zimmerman, MN; two brothers: Dwon (Colleen) Frey of Zimmerman, MN and Doug Frey of Isanti, MN; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her grandparents and her father, Earl.