She was born on Jan. 29. 1923 at home in Higginsville, Mo. to John T. Summers, a coal miner, and Agnes Gossett Summers, a homemaker, midwife and licensed practical nurse. She was a graduate of St. Theresa’s Academy in Kansas City, Mo. and left St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing in Kansas City after her third year to marry Paul Wilson Frazier in 1944, after he was wounded during the Normandy invasion.
As the wife of a career Naval officer she followed Paul across the country, making homes in Newport, RI; Los Angeles, CA; Brooklyn, NY, Higginsville. MO; Annandale, VA; St. Louis, MO, and Columbia, MO. After retirement she and her husband lived in Pine Bluff, AR before returning to Columbia, MO to be near their family.
She is preceded in death by her husband Paul W. Frazier, her son John Frazier, and her grandson Jason Frazier. She is survived by her daughter Paula Frazier of Columbia, MO; Gloria Frazier of Columbia, the widow of her son John; her son Duncan Frazier and his wife Cheryl of Anacortes, WA; and her son Patrick Frazier and his wife LeAnn of Centralia, MO.
In addition to her children she leaves behind 7 living grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren with another on the way, and 2 great-great grandchildren.
A memorial mass will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 105 Waugh St., Columbia, MO 65201 on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at Noon, with placement of the urn at Memorial Cemetery, 1217 Business Loop 70 West, Columbia, MO 65202 to follow.
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