From the Bloomsburg Press Enterprise (Pa.)

Two hunters fatally stricken

By LEON BOGDAN

Press Enterprise Writer

IOLA -- A former zoning officer from Nescopeck died Monday of an apparent
heart attack while hunting with a relative in Greenwood Township on the
first day of deer season.

A group of local hunters found Fred Frey Jr., 43, of 711 Second St.,
Nescopeck, lying face down beside a small stream with his rifle at
his side.

Frey had complained to his stepbrother, Mick Hunsinger, of tightness
in his chest and shortness of breath a few hours earlier but decided to
head back into the woods about 7:30 a.m.

"He asked me to carry his gear out to his truck. That he could hardly
breathe," said Hunsinger, 48, a highway construction worker who also
lives in Nescopeck.

Eric Henger, 40, owns the posted hunting grounds about a mile above Sereno
Hollow. He heard "a bunch of commotion" coming from the road when Frey
was discovered by the group of local men around 11 a.m.

"They were yelling to see if there were any other hunters around. I was
on top of the hill and came down to see what was going on. I left a buck
and a doe back there," Henger said.

Greenwood Township Police Chief Edwin Houseknecht said the hunter's legs
were first spotted by Dan Morris and "a group of other Greenwood boys"
as they stopped to begin a hunting drive in that part of the woods.

Hunsinger, a tall and stocky man, said his stepbrother was a "bull" of
a man who did smoke cigarettes "but only lights" and was employed as a
security guard at the PPL nuclear power plant in Salem Township.

Columbia County Deputy Coroner Linda Kessler said Frey had a family
history of cardiac problems and diabetes. Kessler said she would wait
to speak with his family before deciding whether to order an autopsy.

Frey had served as a part-time zoning officer in Nescopeck for several
years until he resigned last April, according to the borough secretary.

He was involved in the highly publicized legal case swirling around nude
dancing at Sammy's Hide-A-Way Lounge until the courts shut the club down
a few years ago.



Here's the obituary:  Bloomsburg Press Enterprise

Wednesday, December 4, 2002

  Fred F. Frey Jr.

  Fred F. Frey Jr., 40, of 711 E. Second St., Nescopeck, died of a heart
attack Monday, Dec. 2, 2002, while deer hunting in Greenwood Township,
Columbia County. Mr. Frey had lived in Nescopeck since 1996, and before
that had resided in Sound Beach, N.Y.

  Born Aug. 1, 1962, in Berwick, he was a son of Mary A. Kishbaugh
Hunsinger-Bird, Berwick, and the late Fred F. Frey Sr., who died Dec. 4,
2001. His stepfather, Richard L. Hunsinger, died May 24, 1987.

  A 1980 graduate of Berwick High School, Mr. Frey had attended flight
school in New York and obtained a private helicopter pilot's license. He
also took courses from the National Radio Institute.

  He served in the Army's Military Police and later in the Army Reserves.

  Mr. Frey was employed by the PPL Steam Electric Plant as a security
guard for the past five years. He had also worked as the zoning officer
for Nescopeck Borough for several years. While living in New York, he
and his wife owned and operated The Bagel Stop in Wading River, N.Y.,
for five years.

  Mr. Frey was a member of Knapp Lodge No. 462, F&AM, Berwick; the
Nescopeck Fire Co., where he was a driver and firefighter; and had
recently joined the Bloomsburg Moose Lodge.

  An avid outdoorsman and hunter, Mr. Frey also enjoyed boating, fishing
and camping.

  He is survived by his wife, Patricia A. Filomena Frey, with whom he
would have celebrated a 15th wedding anniversary on Feb. 20; three
daughters: Shannon Leigh Frey, Paige Marie Frey and Meaghan Lindsay
Frey, all at home; three sisters: Mrs. Paul (Dixie L.) Huray and Mrs.
Joseph (Deborah K.) Cope, both of Berwick; and Mrs. George (Patti A.)
Sheriff, Williamsport; a brother, Timothy S. Frey, Berwick; and a
stepbrother, Mick Hunsinger, Bloomsburg.

  Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Bethany United Methodist
Church, Pine Street and Summerhill Avenue, Berwick, with the Rev. Joseph
F. Brady officiating. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, Walnut
Street, Berwick, under the direction of the Kelchner-McMichael Funeral
Home Inc., 119-121 E. Third St., Berwick.