Karyl L. Frisinger

Karyl L. Frisinger, age 65, of Richey, Montana passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at the Glendive Medical Center in Glendive, Montana. A Memorial Service will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church in Richey with Pastor Paul Sponheim officiating. Interment will be held at the Frisinger Family Cemetery ten miles south of Richey. Silha Funeral Home of Richey has been entrusted with the arrangements. Mom, Karyl Lynn Frisinger, was born August 11, 1950 in Glendive, Montana to Keith and Joyce Waters. As the first born, she took the lifelong job of being Jan and Jeanne’s bossy big sister very seriously. At the age of nine, she was diagnosed with diabetes, an affliction she would battle for the rest of her life. Although it took her mobility and much of her eyesight, she never, ever used it as an excuse for anything. Mom developed her work ethic very early in life. She loved to study and told her kids that she worked very hard to earn B’s and C’s in school. During her Senior year, she began dating a wild and wooly young cowboy, Mark Frisinger. After high school, she attended Williston State College and St. Paul Bible College, but discontinued her studies in 1970 to tame that young man, who she would love, serve and work with for the rest of her life. In late 1971, much to her surprise, she learned she was six months pregnant with her firstborn son, Jesse, who was born in February of 1972. The next few years saw this little family move from Billings, to Sidney, and then on to Glendive, where her second son, Josh was born. With the family completed by this addition, they moved to Richey, the Holm place farm and then onto the Frisinger family homestead. Mom took her job as mother very seriously. We boys were never allowed to use not feeling good as an excuse for anything. When we complained, she’d tell us she hasn’t felt good since she was nine years old. That snapped us back to reality. She worked hard at making her boys godly young men. Countless hours were spent at church, learning Bible Memory verses, playing and singing Special Music in church and teaching us how Christians should act. Jess’ wife Amy and Josh’s wife Sage owe a debt of gratitude for her efforts to develop us into good husbands. Off and on throughout her adult life Mom worked as a Certified Nurse’s Assistant, a job she dearly loved. She especially enjoyed working with newborns and the elderly, whom she treated with much compassion and grace. She also served the Richey community as an EMT for a time. She also enjoyed working for Home Healthcare, brightening the day for those who were ill and often shut in. Mom was affectionately known in the family as “Sarge” for her take-charge attitude. We also knew she had no interest in ever learning to use a computer. She developed a green thumb and enjoyed growing veggies and flowers in her garden. She was a huge fan of Southern Gospel music, especially the Gaithers. But most of all, she treasured time spent with her family, especially her treasured grandkids, Mandy, Jori, Calli, Emily and Tel. Mom made mints for numerous weddings and baby showers. She enjoyed cooking, although if asked, she’d tell you she never made anything good. Perhaps Mom is best known in the Richey community for being the “Cake Lady”. She felt that everybody deserved a cake on their birthday and baked and delivered countless cakes to her friends, family and neighbors. With a body that was rapidly failing her, Mom’s thoughts often turned to Heaven. She wasn’t afraid of death and when it came on August 25, 2015 she was ready. She passed from this life into the arms of Jesus, where she exchanged her worn out body for a perfect one where she could run and dance and be made whole again. She was preceded in death by her parents, Keith and Joyce Waters. Karyl is survived by her husband, Mark of Richey; two sons, Jesse (Amy) Frisinger and their daughters, Mandy and Emily of Meridian, Idaho, and Josh (Sage) Frisinger and their sons, Jori, Calli, and Tel of Bremerton, Washington; sisters, Jan (David) Hrubes of Richey and Jeanne (Robert) Guckeen of Billings, Montana; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, and uncles. The Frisinger family would like to thank the doctors and nursing staff at Glendive Medical Center for their true kindness and compassion towards Mom and the family in her last days. We’d also like to thank our family and friends for the outpouring of love showered upon Mom and the family in these difficult times. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at: www.silhafuneralhomes.com.

Karyl L. Frisinger

August 11, 1950 - August 25, 2015

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August 11, 1950 - August 25, 2015

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