Roy Vernon Frick

Roy Vernon Frick age 83 passed away at the El Dorado Manor in Trenton on Saturday November 9, 2019. He was born in Trenton, Nebraska on September 5, 1936 to Roy Charles and Viola Faye (Owens) Frick. He attended and graduated from Trenton High School in 1955. Roy joined the US Air Force on October 8, 1956 and was Honorably Discharged on October 7, 1960. Roy was stationed at Edwards Air Force Base in Riverside, California where he met and later married Wilma Sue Powell, who was also stationed at the base. The couple was married June 5, 1959. Roy and his bride returned to Nebraska where he worked as a butcher for Don Eller and later for Ken Coles IGA in Trenton. In 1965, he went to work for USI Axelson as a Petroleum Pump Technician in the states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana and New Mexico. The couple moved to Farmington, NM in 1983 where Roy worked for Axelson until 1986, then MPI warehouse as a parts distributor until he retired in 2005. In 2007 they moved to Herndon, KS and lived there till his passing. Roy enjoyed woodworking, camping, fishing and four-wheeling in New Mexico. He also enjoyed visiting his brothers and friends. He never passed up a cold beer, gin & tonic or a Martini while telling stories with friends. He was a member of the BPOE (Elks) of Farmington, NM. He was preceded in death by his wife, Wilma, on February 2, 2016; parents, Roy C. and Viola Faye; siblings, Arvene E. and wife Jackie Frick and Evelyn F. Lorentz and husband, Clarence Lorentz. Roy is survived by his two daughters, Valerie and husband Tim Maas of Potter, NE; Vikki and husband Pat Schmalz of Dickinson, ND; siblings, La Vern and wife Sharon Frick of Herndon, KS and Denise and husband Jerry Holbrook of Crossville, TN; five grandchildren; five great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Memorial services for Roy Frick will be 2:00 P.M. (CT), Friday afternoon June 12, 2020 at Herrmann Jones Funeral Chapel in McCook with Father Christopher Miller officiating. Inurnment will follow services in the Trenton Cemetery with full military honors. Friends may leave on-line condolences at herrmannfh.com. Memorials may be left in Roys name at the Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel of McCook. Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel is entrusted with arrangements. Memorial Service Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel Friday, June 12, 2020 2:00 PM 607 Norris Avenue McCook, Nebraska 69001