- Date Of Birth: November 8, 1957
- Date Of Death: October 22, 2016
- State: Idaho
Louise Tina Freeman (also known as Tina Louise Freeman-Toole) suddenly passed away in Moscow on October 18. Known as Tina to family and childhood friends, she was born in Gardenͭͭa, California, to Marguerite “Peggy” and Peter Freeman on November 8, 1957, the fifth of seven children. For most of her childhood, the Freeman family resided in Redondo Beach but for a few years in Bethesda, Maryland. After graduating from Redondo Union High School, she then attended Cal State University, Dominguez Hills, where she met Richard Toole, her future husband. She received her BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz, with a degree in Creative Writing. In 1979, she and Richard married in Santa Cruz, where their sons Emlyn and Ambrose were born. True to her dedication to family, the Freeman-Tooles moved to the Northwest in 1988 to join Louise’s sister Ingrid and her husband Rick, beginning her powerful love of the Palouse. Though she worked primarily as a librarian, her true calling was writing; her award-winning book Standing Up to the Rock chronicled her connection with Idaho and the Snake River. As a freelance writer, her work was published in numerous anthologies and magazines including Alaska Magazine.
