Laurie Nell Frick loved music. She was quiet and “never wanted to be in the forefront, but she was a real good singer,” her best friend, David Morris, said. She sang alto with the Choral Society of the Hamptons and was an occasional member of the Harvest Gospel Choir in Riverhead.
Ms. Frick died on June 8 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. She was 79 and had been in declining health.
Along with music, she enjoyed swimming, particularly at Maidstone Park in Springs, where she spent many evenings near the jetty with friends. She became quite good at Ping-Pong over years of games with friends on her table at home in Springs.
Her musical tastes tended toward rhythm and blues, and she was also a fan of Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan, Mr. Morris said. She was a frequent visitor to the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett for live shows. She practiced yoga and meditation.
Ms. Frick was born in Alexandria, La., on Jan. 30, 1943, the third of four children of Lee Robertson and the former Thelma Queen. She grew up in Ball, La., and earned a bachelor’s degree in English at Louisiana State University. She briefly taught reading to elementary school children before relocating to Manhattan to work as an intern at Look magazine.
She married Robert W. Frick at the Office of the City Clerk in Manhattan on Oct. 10, 1975. “Together, they lived as nomadic hippies, exploring Florida and the surrounding Caribbean islands in a sailboat,” their daughter, Amy Frick, wrote.
They settled in Springs in 1979. The marriage ended in divorce. Ms. Frick worked as an assistant to Roy Greenberg, an East Hampton real estate attorney, from 1996 until her retirement in 2019.
“She never had anything bad to say about anybody, ever,” said Mr. Morris, who had lived with her for 16 years and known her for 30.
Ms. Frick’s older brother, David Robertson, died before her. In addition to her daughter, who lives in New York City, and Mr. Morris, who lives in Springs, she is survived by two sisters, Anne Bertholf of Austin, Tex., and Kathryn Patt of Willoughby, Ohio.
A memorial gathering will be planned for sometime in July at Maidstone Park.
