~ IN MEMORY ~
Military veteran, WA/DL Capt. Robert M. Frick
August 4, 1936, ~ May 13, 2022
Notice of passing….retired Western/Delta pilot Captain Robert Martin Frick, age 85. Captain Frick joined Western Airlines on September 6, 1968, and retired with Delta Air Lines. He is survived by his wife Jo Ann, and by his children and grandchildren, plus many more dear family members and friends.
Condolences may be sent to the family at (white pages listing):
20 Rollingwood Dr. Spc 71, Jackson, CA 95642
Robert (Bob) Frick of Jackson, CA died Friday, May 13, 2022, after a several years battle with dementia. Bob was born on August 4, 1936, in Orange, CA. As a young boy, and only child he moved with his mother Emily to San Francisco and grew up in the city. At Lowell High School he participated in track and field events. Upon graduation, he attended San Francisco City College for two years and then joined the United States Navy in 1957. He spent 10 years serving his country as a pilot including serving in the Pacific theater during the Vietnam War. After leaving the Navy he went to work for Frontier and then Western Airlines as a pilot and was domiciled in Denver, CO where he met the love of his life, Jo Ann Ayres. They married in Denver in 1967 and his work took them to Salt Lake City and Anchorage, AK before eventually moving back to the Bay area where they lived until 2004. When Western Airlines was purchased by Delta Airlines Bob continued his flying career with Delta, flying routes around the US and Internationally, concluding his career in the then-new Boeing 757. After retirement from Delta Bob flew charter flights, a charter King Air, and was a flight instructor at Navajo Aviation. In 2004 they settled in Jackson, where Bob was active in the Jackson area Lions Club. He and Jo were also active in the New Life Church, in Jackson. Bob’s faith was an important part of his life. Bob was a serious and professional pilot on the flight deck of an aircraft but outside of work he was a great storyteller and possessed a quick wit dispensing his humor with a twinkle in his eye. His family includes his wife of 54 years Jo, his three sons, and their partners, Chris Frick and Brittney Thompson of Sacramento, Tim Frick and Angela Mazziotta of Portland, OR, and Matthew and Adri Frick of Martinez, CA. Grandchildren Alex, Simon, and Neil Frick. His brothers-in-law, John Swisher III of Ann Arbor, MI, and Herb Ayres and his wife Elizabeth Hartman of Kalamazoo, MI, and several cousins, nieces, and nephews.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 11, 2022, at the New Life Church in Jackson at 10:00 a.m. Memorial gifts for those that desire could be made to Hospice of Amador and Calaveras Counties.