Mildred Rose Frick

Mrs. Frick died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2003, at St. John Hospital in Leavenworth.

She was born June 5, 1928, in Pittsburg, the daughter of Harry W. and Drucilla J. (Hallam) Smith.

Mrs. Frick retired from Sealright Container Co. in Kansas City, Kan., after 36 years. She was a member of United Paper Workers International No. 510 and an associate member of Southwestern Bell Pioneers.

She married Francis LeRoy Frick on April 29, 1946, in Pittsburg. He died Feb. 5, 1991.

Survivors include four sons, James W. Frick, McLouth, Charles David Frick, Thomas G. Frick, both of Tonganoxie, and Anthony E. Frick, Muldrow, Okla.; a daughter, Francene L. Criswell, Lawrence; six brothers, Charles F. Smith, Frontenac, Harry W. Smith Jr., Santa Fe Springs, Calif., Marvin Ray Smith, North Wilkesboro, N.C., Victor Jay Smith, Cache, Okla., Ira Paul Smith, La Habra, Calif., and John Eugene Smith, Norwalk, Calif.; three sisters, Dorothy Lorene Grube, Springdale, Ark., Mary Elizabeth Duncan, Kansas City, Mo., and Bonnie Lee Szarmach, Long Beach, Calif.; 18 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

The family suggests memorials to American Cancer Society, sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 993, Tonganoxie 66086.