Frick, Ellen Irene age 92, Rochester, formerly of Briggs Lake, Sherburne County, peacefully passed away Sunday, May 15, 2011. A family burial service will be held at 1:30 PM on June 3 at Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis. Memorial services will be Saturday, June 4, 2011 at 1:00 PM at the Benson Funeral Home Chapel, St. Cloud. Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Ellen was born November 11, 1918 in Fredrick, SD to Axel and Marion (Johnson) Lindgren. She married Lennard Frick on June 8, 1940. Ellen owned and operated Ellen's Beauty Shop in Minneapolis for four years. Ellen and Len lived in Minneapolis and then Brooklyn Park until 1973 when they moved to their Briggs Lake house. Ellen resided most recently in Rochester near her daughter, Debra. Survivors include sons, Roger (Melanie) Frick of Minneapolis, Ron Frick (fiancee Janice) of St. Cloud, and daughter, Debra (Rod) Berekvam of Rochester; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Memorial donations can be sent to Camp Companion, a shelter for homeless animals (volunteer.truist .com/olmsted/volunteer) or Doctors without Borders (doctorswithoutborders.org).

Published on May 29, 2011


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