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2013 Persons Of The Year: Richard Freisinger

NorthEscambia.com is naming several Persons of the Year for 2013. More honorees will be named on Monday.

Richard Freisinger of Molino has been named one of our North Escambia persons of the Year.

Freisinger, a Tate High School graduate, has dedicated decades of service to the Molino community.

Freisinger was a charter member of the Molino Ruritan Club—a rural service organization—giving back to the community through its efforts of supporting the schools, the fire department, scholarships, and residential fires through fundraisers to meet these needs.  Freisinger was employed in 1954 in the research laboratory with Monsanto Textiles and later the analytical research laboratory working 29 years until an early retirement in 1985.  He currently operates a small tree farm after row cropping corn and soybeans for many years.

Freisinger and his wife, Jacqueline, saw the need for a rural, central water system for the Molino community and in 1965 after many hours of door-to-door contacts Molino Utilities was founded with over 200 users (members).  This system followed the first system of this type located in Walnut Hill.  Today this utility has over 2,000 members and has been extended to the Barrineau Park, Dogwood Park, and the Pine Barren communities. He served as a director for over 40 years.

He was involved with others in the community with the formation of the Molino Volunteer Fire Department and served as a volunteer firefighter for 10 years.

In 2001, Freisinger was  appointed to the board of the Escambia Soil and Water Conservation.  He  served for 12 year, including  six years as chairman,  before retiring this year.  He served on the board of Three Rivers RC&D for 29 years to the present time.  In 2006 he received appreciation from the Board for ‘Outstanding Efforts on the Big Escambia Restoration Project.’  This was the culmination of a long-time effort to remove the log jam on the Escambia River.

Freisinger is active in his church and has been recognized by the Escambia County Commission.

Pictured top: Sheriff David Morgan  talks with Molino residents Jacqueline and Richard Freisinger following a town hall meeting at Fran’s Diner. Pictured inset: Richard Freisinger. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlrage.