Louis Edward Frederick (1925 - 2016)

Born 9 Jul 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 20 Feb 2016 at age 90 in Howard, Maryland, United States

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Biography

Louis Edward Frederick Louis Edward Frederick of Howard County, MD, age 90, passed away in his sleep on Saturday, February 20, 2016, from the effects of dementia. Born in Philadelphia, PA on July 9th, 1925, he overcame an extremely difficult childhood to receive multiple awards and honors in the military; WWII American Theater Ribbon, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Korean Service Medal, United Nations Korean Service Medal, Four Consecutive Good Conduct Awards, and the National Defense Service Medal (2nd Award). Having learned Morse Code in the Boy Scouts from his Foster Father and Troop Master Tristram Allen, Lou was recognized as being first in his Navy training class and quickly moved up through the ranks from Radioman Striker to Watch Supervisor. On the 1945 shakedown cruise of the USS Midway, Lou accurately and speedily translated shore-based morse code messages into the ship's daily newspaper, had his own private quarters, and reported directly to the Captain at the very young age of 20. From there he was trained by the military in the Russian language and in machine, assembly, and COBOL programming. He became a National Security Agency (NSA) Crypto Analyst and Chief in Charge of Programming in 1962 where he used his programming expertise before most folks in the public knew what a computer was. His 30 year military career provided many opportunities to travel, including climbing Mount Fuji and being stationed in Bermuda and with his family in Japan, Guam, and Okinawa before eventually settling in Maryland. Lou learned to fly on the Gl Bill and later started his own flight training company "Frederick Flight Training" at the Frederick Maryland Municipal Airport. He obtained certification as an FAA Flight Examiner while building his family home at Camalo Hill in Mt. Airy, MD. Through his passion for flying and highly regarded reputation as an examiner, he taught hundreds of people to fly and solidified many long-standing friendships in Maryland and in Pennsylvania. Lou was hard-working, strong, intelligent, dignified, and honest. Lou had a great sense of humor and was very proud of his Native American ancestry. He loved flying his Cessna 152 airplane, photography, science, nature, and ballroom dancing. One of his fondest memories was his time dancing with his many friends in Pennsylvania. He had a passion for music and taught himself to play the organ, harmonica, and saxophone. Lou had a deep and resonating singing voice and delivered singing telegrams in 1941. Long after he stopped working for Western Union, family members looked forward to a personal "Happy Birthday" song Western Union style on their birthdays while dining with him at a good steak or crab restaurant. Even close to 90 years old, he could still belt out a rendition of "I Love You Truly" that had everyone nearby stop to admire and enjoy the performance. Lou was a good father to his daughters and son-in-laws and was lovingly called "Plane Pop Pop" by his grandchildren. He took great pride in his family, rejoiced in their accomplishments, and was always there right away in anyone's moment of need. At Christmas, everyone looked forward to his very rummy rum balls and his happy presence. He will be greatly missed.
Lou is survived by:

• his daughters
  1. MaryLou Grimm (and son-in-law Thomas Mark Grimm)
  2. Cathy Lee Frederick-Bittner (and son-in-law Thomas Anthony Frederick-Bittner)
     from his marriage to Mary;
• grandchildren
  1. Nicole Jeanette Weersing,
  2. Leandra Ashley Grimm,
  3. Brittany Lauren Grimm,
  4. Eliot Anton Frederick-Bittner,
  5. EvanThomas Frederick-Bittner,
  6. Edward Stanley Frederick-Bittner;
• great-granddaughters
  1. Mary Weersing
  2. Lucy Weersing
  3. June Weersing,
• many cousins, nieces, and nephews.

He was predeceased by:

• grandmother Emma Burkhardt, f
• father Louis George Frederick,
• mother Ethel Irene Lee,
• sister Margaret (Peggy) Elizabeth Mallon,
• brother Albert Martin Frederick.

At Lou's request, he will be buried at Arlington Cemetery with full military honors. Please contact a family member for funeral details. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America ^[1]

This talks about operation FROSTBITE which Lou told me about by description not name^[2] A whole article on Operation Frostbite^[3]

Lou talked about getting officer's quarters as an enlisted man
here is more documenting this type of trading behavior by radiomen:
• Radio Central was generally known on the ship as the place to go for "Rumor Control" because the Radiomen knew what was going to happen in advance of certain events, particularly sports scores stateside. Often, Radiomen would hold back baseball or football scores for certain "return favors" such as clean, pressed uniforms from the ships laundry.^[4]

Lou could send morse code at 40 WPM and receive at 60 WPM

Lou's Cessna 152 II N69124 was involved in a crash in PA 31 Aug 2009 after he sold it sometime prior to it being spotted while based at Selinsgrove Airport in the fall of 1997^[5]

LOUIS EDWARD FREDERICK
619 OLD QUAKER RD APT 6
LEWISBERRY PA 17339-9232
County: YORK
Country: USA
Medical Information:
Medical Class: Third Medical Date: 4/2002
BasicMed Course Date: None BasicMed CMEC Date: None
Certificates
COMMERCIAL PILOT
FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR
GROUND INSTRUCTOR
MECHANIC

Certificates Description
Certificate: COMMERCIAL PILOT
Date of Issue: 3/26/1980

Ratings:
COMMERCIAL PILOT
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE

Certificate: FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR
Date of Issue: 7/30/1993
Ratings:
FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE
Limits:
VALID ONLY WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. . EXPIRES: 31 JUL 1995.

Certificate: MECHANIC
Date of Issue: 6/19/1990
Ratings:
MECHANIC
AIRFRAME
POWERPLANT

Certificate: GROUND INSTRUCTOR
Date of Issue: 10/10/1978
Ratings:
GROUND INSTRUCTOR
BASIC^[6]

tombstone lists rank as CWO3^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103025703/louis-edward-frederick-obituary/ The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland 17 Mar 2016, Thu • Page T37
2. ↑ https://www.midwaysailor.com/midway/history.html
3. ↑ https://midwaycurrents.org/operation-frostbite-odds-and-ends-in-the-freezer-the-bearcat-helicopter-and-firebala/
4. ↑ https://www.usslittlerock.org/rate-descriptions/radioman.html
5. ↑ https://planecrashmap.com/plane/pa/N69124/
6. ↑ https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry/Main.aspx
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #171903229