Richard L. Frost's Obituary
Richard L. Frost, 82, of Clearwater, FL passed away Monday, July 24, 2023. He was born February 19, 1941 in Holyoke, MA to Joseph and Valerya (Nowakowski) Frost. Dick grew up in Northampton, MA and moved to Clearwater, FL with his wife and children in 1978.
Dick loved his grandchildren with all his heart and brought them down every summer. There were plenty of fishing trips to Dunedin causeway with a mandatory stop at McDonalds for breakfast and then sandwiches from Subway to eat for lunch on the beach. Basketball games in the pool, a long-standing tournament of Skip Bo and playing miniature golf will always be cherished.
Dick was also known to the family as Mr. Fix It and was always there to help with renovations and could fix just about anything. He enjoyed golfing, deer hunting and fishing. He was also an avid reader of suspense novels, legal thrillers, and science fiction.
Besides his parents, Dick is preceded in death by a son, Peter and brother, Joseph, Jr.
He leaves behind his wife, Carol of almost 64 years; a daughter, Leslie Buck and her husband Mark; brother, Mark and his wife Kathy; a sister Jacqueline Frost; 3 grandchildren, Tim, Jayme, Krista and 8 great-grandchildren.
Donations may be made in his name to The Wounded Warrior Project, https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
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