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Theodora "Todi" Winifred Frizzell Duncan Frick
June 5, 1929 - July 1, 2024
Charlotte, North Carolina - Theodora "Todi" Winifred Frizzell Duncan Frick, 95, beloved wife of Thomas Murrell Frick, Sr., passed away Monday, July 1, 2024. Theodora Frizzell was born on June 5, 1929, in Springfield, VT, to the late Martha McDanold Frizzell and Theodore Justin Frizzell, of Peachblow Farm, Charlestown, NH. Todi was the second of five children. She graduated from Cornell University in 1951 with a BA in Home Economics and Nutrition. She belonged to Chi Omega Sorority. Todi taught in high school as her first career. After a mid-life experience working in mission hospital in Haiti, she completed her RN degree and then spent decades as an oncology charge nurse at Carolinas Medical Center.
Todi became an active member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church after she married Thomas Murrell Frick, Sr. in 1981. She joined the Choir, the Handbell Choir, the Altar Guild, Connie Counts Women's Circle and the Red Hat Ladies Society of St. Luke's. A Cub Scout den mother, Girl Scout troop leader and active in the PTA for all her children, she was also an Amiga for Parents without Partners (where she met Tom) and volunteered for Habitat for Humanity. Todi gave gallons of blood to the American Red Cross. She was active with the Junior League when she first came to Charlotte, an officer in her garden club and enjoyed a private supper club for decades. As avid dancers, Todi and Tom joined both the Charlotte Couples Dance Club and the Metrolina Dance Club. From clogging and Western square dancing to ballroom waltzes, they enjoyed them all together.
A great outdoorswoman, Todi camped, picked blackberries and loved to swim and sail. An eager traveler, Todi traveled widely from Edinburgh Castle to the Great Wall of China. She learned about local foods, music and customs, including developing a great proficiency with chopsticks. She swam with endangered Hector's dolphins and sang along with the Welsh Men's Choir. Most of all, she loved returning home to Windswept, her garden and her church.
She is survived by her brother Robert (Bob) Frizzell, her sister Elizabeth (Betsy) Frizzell Bascom and brother-in-law Allyn Bascom. Her loss is greatly mourned by her beloved husband, Thomas Murrell Frick, Sr., and an expanded family of seven children, eleven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Her children are Theodore (Ted) Duncan, Patricia (Pat) Duncan Raven, PhD (Peter), Richard Duncan (Nancy), Stephanie Frick Chambers (Duncan), Thomas Murrell Frick, Jr. (Sonja), Brooks Frick and Connie Fletcher Frick Rothlisberger (Scott). In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Dr. Katharine Frizzell Blaisdell, brother, Dr. James A. Frizzell and her first husband, Dr. G. Duke Duncan.
Todi Frick loved her family, church and community. She was generous, caring, kind and welcoming, a great hostess, divine bread maker (literally, she made the communion bread from scratch) and a patient teacher. A caregiver and friendly neighbor, a hard-working volunteer and team leader, Todi Frick gave more to all of us than she ever took. A unique, special soul, she has been greatly blessed and will be sorely missed.
Special thanks and appreciation to Mrs. Frick's wonderful caregivers Teresa Johnson and Dorette Robinson, and the Harris Hospice care team at Novant Presbyterian Hospital. A Celebration of Life for Todi will be held 3:00 PM, Sunday, July 7, 2024, at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 3200 Park Road, Charlotte, NC, 28209. The family will receive friends after the service. For those unable to attend, the service will be livestreamed at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/@st.lukeselcacharlotte2765/streams. Contributions may be made in her memory to St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 3200 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28220-1063.
Arrangements are in the care of Kenneth W. Poe Funeral & Cremation Service, 1321 Berkeley Ave., Charlotte, NC 28204; (704) 641-7606. Online condolences may be shared at www.kennethpoeservices.com.
June 5, 1929 - July 1, 2024
Charlotte, North Carolina - Theodora "Todi" Winifred Frizzell Duncan Frick, 95, beloved wife of Thomas Murrell Frick, Sr., passed away Monday, July 1, 2024. Theodora Frizzell was born on June 5, 1929, in Springfield, VT, to the late Martha McDanold Frizzell and Theodore Justin Frizzell, of Peachblow Farm, Charlestown, NH. Todi was the second of five children. She graduated from Cornell University in 1951 with a BA in Home Economics and Nutrition. She belonged to Chi Omega Sorority. Todi taught in high school as her first career. After a mid-life experience working in mission hospital in Haiti, she completed her RN degree and then spent decades as an oncology charge nurse at Carolinas Medical Center.
Todi became an active member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church after she married Thomas Murrell Frick, Sr. in 1981. She joined the Choir, the Handbell Choir, the Altar Guild, Connie Counts Women's Circle and the Red Hat Ladies Society of St. Luke's. A Cub Scout den mother, Girl Scout troop leader and active in the PTA for all her children, she was also an Amiga for Parents without Partners (where she met Tom) and volunteered for Habitat for Humanity. Todi gave gallons of blood to the American Red Cross. She was active with the Junior League when she first came to Charlotte, an officer in her garden club and enjoyed a private supper club for decades. As avid dancers, Todi and Tom joined both the Charlotte Couples Dance Club and the Metrolina Dance Club. From clogging and Western square dancing to ballroom waltzes, they enjoyed them all together.
A great outdoorswoman, Todi camped, picked blackberries and loved to swim and sail. An eager traveler, Todi traveled widely from Edinburgh Castle to the Great Wall of China. She learned about local foods, music and customs, including developing a great proficiency with chopsticks. She swam with endangered Hector's dolphins and sang along with the Welsh Men's Choir. Most of all, she loved returning home to Windswept, her garden and her church.
She is survived by her brother Robert (Bob) Frizzell, her sister Elizabeth (Betsy) Frizzell Bascom and brother-in-law Allyn Bascom. Her loss is greatly mourned by her beloved husband, Thomas Murrell Frick, Sr., and an expanded family of seven children, eleven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Her children are Theodore (Ted) Duncan, Patricia (Pat) Duncan Raven, PhD (Peter), Richard Duncan (Nancy), Stephanie Frick Chambers (Duncan), Thomas Murrell Frick, Jr. (Sonja), Brooks Frick and Connie Fletcher Frick Rothlisberger (Scott). In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Dr. Katharine Frizzell Blaisdell, brother, Dr. James A. Frizzell and her first husband, Dr. G. Duke Duncan.
Todi Frick loved her family, church and community. She was generous, caring, kind and welcoming, a great hostess, divine bread maker (literally, she made the communion bread from scratch) and a patient teacher. A caregiver and friendly neighbor, a hard-working volunteer and team leader, Todi Frick gave more to all of us than she ever took. A unique, special soul, she has been greatly blessed and will be sorely missed.
Special thanks and appreciation to Mrs. Frick's wonderful caregivers Teresa Johnson and Dorette Robinson, and the Harris Hospice care team at Novant Presbyterian Hospital. A Celebration of Life for Todi will be held 3:00 PM, Sunday, July 7, 2024, at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 3200 Park Road, Charlotte, NC, 28209. The family will receive friends after the service. For those unable to attend, the service will be livestreamed at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/@st.lukeselcacharlotte2765/streams. Contributions may be made in her memory to St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 3200 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28220-1063.
Arrangements are in the care of Kenneth W. Poe Funeral & Cremation Service, 1321 Berkeley Ave., Charlotte, NC 28204; (704) 641-7606. Online condolences may be shared at www.kennethpoeservices.com.
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Published by Charlotte Observer on Jul. 7, 2024.
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