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Joe Frick

1947 — August 27, 2024

Andrew “Joe” Frick was born on April 4, 1947, to Carl Leighton Frick and Alice Bauer Frick in Louisville, KY and grew up within earshot of Churchill Downs. He attended St. Francis Xavier High School where he was a top-notch baseball player. He graduated from Purdue University with a BS in a program of study combining Engineering and Management. Of note, Joe was designated a Carnegie Hero by Carnegie Mellon Institute for risking his own life to save a driver trapped in a vehicle that burst into flames mere seconds later. Joe was the owner of a Carrier air conditioning business in Kansas City: thus, his lifelong love of the Royals and the Chiefs. He then took on a new challenge by relocating to the metro NYC area and starting Frick & Frick, Inc. with his wife, Patricia Venditto Frick. He designed and installed cooling systems specific to the needs of churches within a 150-mile radius of NYC. The lowcountry of SC was discovered quite by happenstance, but the love was immediate. When the decision was made to retire, it was an easy conversion to full time living in Georgetown County. The Frick’s were “Pawleys Island Boykins” and their love of breeding the LBD provided many a family with wonderful companions and the Frick’s with lasting friends! Enough cannot be said about the kindness of those who crossed the line from friends to become “family”. To mention them by name would risk leaving someone out. After a long effort fighting a combination of life-threatening illnesses, Joe passed on to his every lasting reward in the arms of Our Lord on August 27, 2024. He is survived by his wife, Patricia, a very special daughter Daniela Mitu, his loving grandchildren Nick Hopkins, Angela Hopkins, and Raysa Mitu, as well as nephew and niece Matt and Nancy Piedmonte. There will be a viewing at Ridgeway Funeral Home on Friday, August 30th from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Church services will be held at St. Mary Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Church at 317 Broad Street in Georgetown on Saturday, August 31st at 1:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made to the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.ridgewayfh.com Ridgeway Funeral Home of Georgetown is in charge of the arrangements. (843) 485-4242
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Friday, August 30, 2024

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Saturday, August 31, 2024

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317 Broad Street, Georgetown, SC 29440

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