Hadley, Ingeborg (Skjerne) Freitag, 93, passed away on October 6, 2017, at Elaine Center at Hadley. She was born on May 13, 1924, to the late Axel and Frances (Fischer) Skjerne in Indianapolis, Indiana, but grew up in Oberlin, Ohio. After her mother passed at an early age, she was raised by her father and adopted mother, Ebba Schöller, of Copenhagen, Denmark. Ingeborg graduated from Oberlin High School, Phi Beta Kappa from Oberlin College, and received her Masters of Library Science from Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio.

During her career as an Art Librarian, Ingeborg worked at the Vassar College Art Library and the Kunstindustri Museum of Copenhagen, and then she moved to New York City where she worked for many years at the Watson Library and Robert Lehman Collection Library, both at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  She was the devoted wife of Dr. Werner Freitag, who predeceased her in 1996, after being married for 43 years.  Ingeborg spent many years traveling throughout Europe with her husband, using Denmark as their base, and they enjoyed their house in the White Mountains in Franconia, New Hampshire, where she took great pleasure of the flowers in her window boxes and working on her photo albums.

Ingeborg loved Manhattans, dark chocolate, and her toy poodles; during her last years, she cherished the friendship of Jane Bowne, her next-door neighbor. They took day trips together, searching out the best sources of chocolate and ice cream, and enjoyed laughing and dining out. Jane made aging lighthearted and fun; she continued to visit and laugh with Ingeborg even after Ingeborg went into assisted living.

She will be missed by her two sons, Steven Freitag and his wife, Pam, of Edison, New Jersey and Christopher Freitag and his wife, Melanie, of Hadley, Massachusetts, and her four grandchildren, Melissa, Rebecca, Heather, and William. A memorial service will be held at a later date at Grace Episcopal Church, with a private burial at Elmwood Cemetery, Franconia, New Hampshire. Donations, in memory of Ingeborg, can be made to Grace Episcopal Church, 14 Boltwood Avenue, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002.