A Life Non Lived Is Lost
There was nothing ‘lost’ about the life of Frieda Davis. I first met Frieda more than 20 years ago while playing at scrabble tournaments. She was a good player and always interested in the unusual words on the board. She’d never hesitate to challenge a phoney. Her opponents couldn’t slip anything past her. In 1995 when I moved to California, from Michigan, I found Frieda again in the local scrabble community of the then, Leisure World, Laguna Woods, California, where she was retired and living with her late husband Harry. Frieda was a regular at most of the clubs in Orange County and still competed at local and national scrabble events.
When a group of local scrabble friends organized a monthly 10 game marathon via the club known as The Tallulah Blankheads, Frieda was included as a charter member.
Recently, already in her 90′s, Frieda trekked off on a trip to China. She was vital and plugged in to life for the entire ride.
Two weeks ago when Frieda did not show up at the Monday scrabble club, I inquired ‘why?’. I learned that a week earlier she had gone to see her doctor about a nagging cough. It turned out to be lung cancer at an advanced stage. And now she is gone.
People may say things like, “It is good that she did not suffer a prolonged illness”. That is surely true. But I would like to focus my thoughts on her LIFE WELL LIVED.
I miss her already.
People wishing to contact the family can contact her son Roy: roy@island-escape.com