Aladar Fricke

Aladar Fricke was born in Hungary in 1933. At the end of WWII, when he was twelve, his family fled to Austria. They lived in Austria for six years until they were able to emigrate to the United States. He arrived in New York with his parents and brother, with $3 in his pocket. They took the train to Cleveland OH, where a sponsor provided them with a place to live and a job for his father. Aladar attended night school to learn English and worked at a small company doing odd jobs. He was drafted into the Army during the Korean war. He did not go to Korea but served on the German/ Czech border. After returning to Cleveland, he attended night school to study drafting and later mechanical engineering. He worked at Alcoa for 30 years, starting out as a draftsman and working his way up to Manager of the Works Engineering Department. Aladar loved his family, his church, and being in nature. From the early years he took his family camping and passed on his love of the outdoors.

Aladar is mourned by his wife of 65 years, Eva, their children Andrea Tabor, Esther Kovacs (Gyorgy), Peter Fricke (Rhonda), Adam Fricke, Tony Fricke, and Susan Lay (Kenneth), grandchildren Monika Mazur (John), Krisztina Tabor, Tamas Tabor (Julia), Matthew Tabor (Emily), Gabriel Kovacs (Emese), Gregory Kovacs, Erika Kovacs, Ariel Fricke, Cecilia Fricke, Isabel Fricke, Violet Lay and Annabel Lay, and four great-grandchildren. 

Funeral mass will be held at St. Emeric Church, 1860 W. 22nd St, Cleveland, OH 44113, at 10:30 AM on Monday, September 16, 2024. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Emeric Church, https://stemeric.com/donations/ or to Ames Family Hospice House, Hospice of the Western Reserve, 30080 Hospice Way, Westlake, OH 44145, https://www.hospicewr.org/Give. Condolences and special memories of Aladar can be shared with his family online at www.heritagecremationsociety.com