Fredrick A. Friedrich 1922-2023

Born on March 22, 1922 to Nettie Marie Springer Friedrich and Frederick George Friedrich in Youngstown, he was raised in the Briar Hill neighborhood and graduated from Rayen High School.

Dr. Friedrich loved being a doctor! He was a gifted, dedicated and honorable family physician in the Youngstown area, with a private practice in Boardman.

He earned his pre-med degree from Youngstown College and his medical degree from George Washington University Medical School. He served his country in the U.S. Army as a medical officer, field physician, chief medical assistant administrator and chief medical administrator.

He served as the president of the Youngstown Hospital Association and he promoted community medical awareness by creating the Ask-The-Doctor booth at the Canfield Fair’s Medical Building, where he also assisted in the display of a Canfield doctor’s office from the early 1900s. He was on the board of the Shepherd of the Valley Assisted Living facility and was an active, contributing member of Christian ministries at St. Mark Lutheran Church and Old North Church in Canfield.

Dr. Friedrich deeply loved his family and enjoyed hosting annual family excursions to Camp Agawaten, Golden Lake, Ontario, Canada, where his medical expertise included treating clam shell cuts, fish hook removal, bites from giant mosquitoes, poison ivy and the dreaded “Golden Lake Itch.” His enjoyment of fishing as part of the “Numb Bums” and playing his guitar and harmonica around campfires were legendary.

At home on his farm, he enjoyed his Kubota tractor and outdoor physical work after long days of hospital rounds and office hours.

He married “the love of his life,” Isabel “Becky” Ecker of Oakmont, Pa., in May of 1946. It was a marriage that thrived until her passing in 2007.

Fredrick leaves behind his daughter, Nancy (Jeffrey) Hartmann; sons, Carl (Bonnie, nee Jereb) Friedrich and John (Sherry, nee Ockuly) Friedrich; grandsons, Seth (Leah), Drew (Abby) and Todd (Leah), Hartmann, and Adam (Carrie) Friedrich; great-grandchildren Jovie, Ramie, Nolan, Henry, Lucy, Janie, Cooper and Chase Hartmann, and Jordan (Gina), Drew (Lisa) and Abbey Friedrich; and great-great-granddaughter, Summer Jane.

Special thanks to Victoria House Assisted Living in Austintown, Maplewood Assisted Living in Chardon and Governor’s Pointe in Mentor, and to Hospice of the Western Reserve.

Family members are thankful and blessed every single day because of the work ethic he imparted, his impeccable character and his teaching of impactful life lessons. Dad Friedrich will be missed and his memory cherished.

Arrangements are by the Davis-Becker Funeral Home in Boardman.

Condolences may be sent at www.beckerobits.com.

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