Helmut "Paul" Fricke

— gave of his friendship and talents until his Heavenly Father

called him home on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. He trained and

became a Millwright Mechanic through the wonderful program at

Woodward Governor, he later worked at Sunstrand Machine Tool,

Advanced Machine Engineering, Warner-Lambert Co., and finally

Ingersoll Milling Machine. His labors of service to the community

included 8 years of volunteer to Hospice, he was a past Commander

of the United States Power Squadron. He had a passion for boating

and in his last days envisioned that he was on a yacht with all is friends and family.

Survived by sister, Edith; sons, David Paul Fricke and Stanley Thomas Fricke;

daughter-in-law Mika Shimoji; grandsons and best buddies,

Yoi Stanley Shimoji-Fricke and Pace Akim Shimoji-Fricke.

Preceded in death by his loving wife, Alice May (Schlaf) Fricke.

Funeral Service: 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 13 at Central Christian Church

6595 Guilford Road, Rockford, Il. Visitation from 12:30 p.m. until time of service.

Burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. With gratitude, memorials may be made to the Rockford Rescue Mission 715 W. State St. 61102 or American Cancer Society 4312 E. State St. .Suite #1 Rockford, Il. 61108.

To express condolences, visit www.sunsetfhmemgardens.com