Feb. 7, 1923 – Jan. 14, 2007
Willard Frick, 83, of Sweet Home, died Jan. 14, 2007 at the Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis.
He was born on Feb.7, 1923 in Hastings, Neb., the son of Jacob and Mary Frick.
Mr. Frick entered the U.S. Navy during World War II, serving four years. He met and later married Vivian Nielsen on April 17, 1952 in Nebraska. The young couple came to Oregon in the 1950s.
Mr. Frick worked in lumber mills and later plywood mills after moving to Sweet Home in 1960. He retired in 1974, and he and Vivian became snowbirds, traveling to Yuma, Ariz. during the winter. After his wife died in 1995, Mr. Frick continued snowbirding for four more years before deciding to stay in Sweet Home.
He enjoyed traveling, gardening, and playing cards. He loved to watch baseball. His family remembers him as a woodworker and leather worker. He loved family and his grandchildren.
Mr. Frick is survived by two sons, Donald and wife Nancy Frick, and Richard and wife LeRee Frick; one brother, Kenneth Frick; three grandchildren and their spouses; and one great-grandson.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Vivian; parents; two sisters, Helen and Pauline; and two brothers, Clarence and Harold.
Viewing will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, at Sweet Home Funeral Chapel. A graveside service will follow at 1 p.m. at Gilliland Cemetery.
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.