Obituaries
Death of Rev. Wilfrid Martin Alfred Frick
Rev. Wilfrid Martin Alfred Frick, 98, of Litchfield, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2023, at 1:50 a.m. at Hillsboro Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Hillsboro. He was born in Waterloo on December 13, 1924, a son of Rev. Reimar Arthur and Magdalene Joanne (Schmidt) Frick.
Rev. Frick graduated from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, MO, in 1949, with a Bachelors of Arts in Theology and a Masters of Divinity. He was ordained in Oliver, British Columbia, Canada, in the Evangelical Lutheran Synod Church.
His pastoral career spanned 52 years until his retirement in 2001. He served churches in Trail, BC, Canada, Clyman, WI, Fertile, Fortile and Ulen, MN, and Parkersburg, IA, from where he originally retired. He and his wife came out of retirement to lead a new start-up church in Litchfield named Faith Lutheran Church, ELS. He went into final retirement in 2001.
Rev. Frick married the former Elvira Zimdars on July 25, 1954, in Watertown, WI. Mrs. Frick passed away March 26, 2016. Rev. Frick is survived by three sisters, Sylvia Baldwin of Memphis, TN, Helen Wehmeyer of Pleasant Hill, CA, and Anita (Rev. Erhart) Bauer of Portland, OR; a sister-in-law, Elsie Frick of Duluth, GA; 18 nieces and nephews; and several great and great-great nieces and nephews.
In addition to his wife, Elvira, and his parents, Rev. Frick was preceded in death by two brothers, Robert Frick and Ralph Frick, and two sisters, Marian Frick and Evelyn Becker.
Funeral services for Rev. Frick will be held Saturday, January 7, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at the Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield, IL. The Revered Stephen Schmidt, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, ACLC of Litchfield will officiate. Burial will be in the Elmwood Cemetery in Litchfield. Visitation will be held Saturday morning from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service.
The family suggests memorials in memory of Rev. Frick to the Grace Lutheran Church of Litchfield.
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Lois Ilaine Erspamer Sawyer, 94 of Gillespie, died at her residence on Monday, November 25, 2024, at 9:51 am. She was born on February 9, 1930, in Gillespie to Louis Poi and Bertha Annetta Sunman Poi Lewis.
She married John Peter Erspamer on September 4, 1950. He preceded her in death on November 24, 1989. She married Dempsey Sawyer on May 15, 1993, and he preceded her in death in 2016. She had been a bookkeeper for Duracraft and Daley’s Chevrolet. Lois enjoyed reading, gardening, painting, drawing, cooking, traveling, bird watching, adventures, her family and her beloved cat, Molly.
She is survived by her children, Ann (Timm) LaRoche of Gillespie, Joan (Paul) Alexander of Gillespie, and Lynn Erspamer of Litchfield; grandchildren, Shannon (David) Wright of Gillespie, Suzanne (companion, Josh) DeMartini of Madisonville, KY, Jared (Amanda) Johnson of Staunton, Adam (Ashli) Alexander of Gillespie, Travis (Laura) Mize of Dallas, TX, Britini Bernardini of Nokomis, and Marissa (Jacob) Summers of Litchfield; great grandchildren, Macie, Isabel and Alexander Wright, Joseph and Gino DeMartini, Brianna Johnson, Ansley Alexander, Lucas and Jeffrey Bernardini, Fisher, Sabrina and Gabriella Crow; great great grandchild, Dominic Joseph “DJ” DeMartini; sisters, Patricia Thompson of Carmel, IN, Phyllis Dodd of Pooler, GA, and Marion Boston of Springfield; and brothers, Ernie Lewis of Carbondale and Fred Lewis of Ft Meyers, FL.
Lois was preceded in death by her parents, spouses, and brother, John Lewis.
Private services will be held. Kravanya Funeral Home, Gillespie is in charge of the arrangements.
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