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Lois Mae Jones FrickInsurance Clerk

Lois Mae Jones Frick, 81, who spent many years as an insurance company clerk, died Aug. 21 of kidney failure at Washington Hospital Center. She lived in Upper Marlboro.

Mrs. Frick was born in Fredericksburg and moved to the Washington area in her youth. She worked for Acacia Mutual Life Insurance for more than 30 years, retiring in 1986.

She was a member of Moose Lodge No. 1350 in Upper Marlboro.

Her marriage to James B. Frick ended in divorce.

Survivors include three daughters, Carol Godin of Orlando, Brenda Laing of Savage and Renie Blankenship of Suitland; a half-brother, Millard "Dickie" Anderson of Upper Marlboro; six grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

-- Matt Schudel

Flavia L. GiampietroNurse

Flavia L. Giampietro, 80, a retired registered nurse, died Aug. 19 of a ruptured brain aneurysm at Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. She had been in a car accident in Edgewater the previous day. She lived in Rockville.


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