Visitation will be one hour prior to the services Tuesday at the church. Pallbearers will be Mike Retica, Rick Tintor, Charles Bolf, Barry Persby, Gerald Thornton and Dick Lawrence. Honorary pallbearers will be Pecky Smilanich, Matt Bergan, Dan Bergan, Carl Allison and Dr. Ben Owens. Interment will be at Maple Hill Cemetery in Hibbing.
He died Saturday, January 22, 2000, in St. Paul, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born June 26, 1920, in Bridgeport, Neb., to Henry and Magdalena (Ronnekamp) Frickey. He grew up in Billings, Mont., and graduated from the University of Minnesota. While attending the university, he played football for the Golden Gophers and was a member of the 1941 National Championship Team.
He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during both World War II and the Korean Conflict. He moved to Hibbing in 1947 and taught school, coached and was athletic director until his retirement in 1982.
He was elected to the Minnesota Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 1979 and was selected as the Minnesota Bicentennial Sports Champion. He was also a member of the Montana Football Hall of Fame and the Montana Softball Hall of Fame. He was a winter resident in Mesa, Ariz., for 14 years and moved back to Hibbing in 1998.
Survivors include his wife Evelyn of Mahtomedi; a son, Steven (Karen) of White Bear Lake; three brothers, Clarence, Jack and Roy; and two sisters, Lena Peterson and Mary Dunn.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Special Olympics, Hibbing Chapter.
Arrangements are under the direction of Dougherty Funeral Home in Hibbing.
Hibbing Daily Tribune, January 24, 2000
He died Saturday, January 22, 2000, in St. Paul, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born June 26, 1920, in Bridgeport, Neb., to Henry and Magdalena (Ronnekamp) Frickey. He grew up in Billings, Mont., and graduated from the University of Minnesota. While attending the university, he played football for the Golden Gophers and was a member of the 1941 National Championship Team.
He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during both World War II and the Korean Conflict. He moved to Hibbing in 1947 and taught school, coached and was athletic director until his retirement in 1982.
He was elected to the Minnesota Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 1979 and was selected as the Minnesota Bicentennial Sports Champion. He was also a member of the Montana Football Hall of Fame and the Montana Softball Hall of Fame. He was a winter resident in Mesa, Ariz., for 14 years and moved back to Hibbing in 1998.
Survivors include his wife Evelyn of Mahtomedi; a son, Steven (Karen) of White Bear Lake; three brothers, Clarence, Jack and Roy; and two sisters, Lena Peterson and Mary Dunn.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Special Olympics, Hibbing Chapter.
Arrangements are under the direction of Dougherty Funeral Home in Hibbing.
Hibbing Daily Tribune, January 24, 2000
Visitation will be one hour prior to the services Tuesday at the church. Pallbearers will be Mike Retica, Rick Tintor, Charles Bolf, Barry Persby, Gerald Thornton and Dick Lawrence. Honorary pallbearers will be Pecky Smilanich, Matt Bergan, Dan Bergan, Carl Allison and Dr. Ben Owens. Interment will be at Maple Hill Cemetery in Hibbing.
He died Saturday, January 22, 2000, in St. Paul, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born June 26, 1920, in Bridgeport, Neb., to Henry and Magdalena (Ronnekamp) Frickey. He grew up in Billings, Mont., and graduated from the University of Minnesota. While attending the university, he played football for the Golden Gophers and was a member of the 1941 National Championship Team.
He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during both World War II and the Korean Conflict. He moved to Hibbing in 1947 and taught school, coached and was athletic director until his retirement in 1982.
He was elected to the Minnesota Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 1979 and was selected as the Minnesota Bicentennial Sports Champion. He was also a member of the Montana Football Hall of Fame and the Montana Softball Hall of Fame. He was a winter resident in Mesa, Ariz., for 14 years and moved back to Hibbing in 1998.
Survivors include his wife Evelyn of Mahtomedi; a son, Steven (Karen) of White Bear Lake; three brothers, Clarence, Jack and Roy; and two sisters, Lena Peterson and Mary Dunn.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Special Olympics, Hibbing Chapter.
Arrangements are under the direction of Dougherty Funeral Home in Hibbing.
Hibbing Daily Tribune, January 24, 2000
He died Saturday, January 22, 2000, in St. Paul, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born June 26, 1920, in Bridgeport, Neb., to Henry and Magdalena (Ronnekamp) Frickey. He grew up in Billings, Mont., and graduated from the University of Minnesota. While attending the university, he played football for the Golden Gophers and was a member of the 1941 National Championship Team.
He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during both World War II and the Korean Conflict. He moved to Hibbing in 1947 and taught school, coached and was athletic director until his retirement in 1982.
He was elected to the Minnesota Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 1979 and was selected as the Minnesota Bicentennial Sports Champion. He was also a member of the Montana Football Hall of Fame and the Montana Softball Hall of Fame. He was a winter resident in Mesa, Ariz., for 14 years and moved back to Hibbing in 1998.
Survivors include his wife Evelyn of Mahtomedi; a son, Steven (Karen) of White Bear Lake; three brothers, Clarence, Jack and Roy; and two sisters, Lena Peterson and Mary Dunn.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Special Olympics, Hibbing Chapter.
Arrangements are under the direction of Dougherty Funeral Home in Hibbing.
Hibbing Daily Tribune, January 24, 2000
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