Teresa Ann Frederick

Teresa Ann Frederick, 87, of Easton, MD, died on Saturday, February 16, 2013, at Genesis Healthcare The Pines in Easton. She was born in Washington, DC, on January 3, 1926. She was the daughter of the late Thomas A. McDonald and Mary Helen McNelly McDonald. After graduating from Mount DeSales Academy in Catonsville, MD, she attended the Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore, where she received her Bachelor's of Arts degree. She was employed with Hecht Company as a fashion design artist and later moved to San Antonio, TX, to work as an artist for Joskes Department Store. She later returned to Baltimore and did freelance work for various advertising agencies. On June 18, 1955, she married Joseph Edward Frederick, Sr,. at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Catonsville. While residing in Catonsville, she began employment with the U.S. Air Force office in Baltimore doing illustrations for the future development of space exploration which was in its infancy. In 1973, Mrs. Frederick and her husband, Edward, moved to Cambridge, MD, for a short time until moving to their waterfront home on Cedar Point Road in Easton. In 1980, she began instructing art classes for Chesapeake College at the Oxford Community Center. Teresa entered many art exhibitions in the Talbot County area, painting wildlife, portraits, pets, and houses. She was honored by the Maryland Institute of Art in 1990 as an outstanding graduate. She was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Easton. In addition to her husband, she is survived by three children, Joseph Edward Frederick, Jr., and his wife, Tobey, of Easton, Thomas Patrick Frederick and his wife, Lisa, and Kathleen Ann Frederick, both of Panama City, FL; a brother, Michael D. McDonald of Mercersburg, PA; and four grandchildren, Christopher Frederick, US Army 1st Lt., serving in Afghanistan, Jonathan Frederick, Gates Blair, and Gracie Blair. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Joseph G. McDonald who died in 1991, and John Thomas McDonald, who died in 2001. A funeral liturgy will be celebrated on Friday, February 22, 2013, at 10 a.m. at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 1210 S. Washington St., Easton, MD, 21601. A visitation will be held on Thursday, February, 21, 2013, from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., 200 S. Harrison St. in Easton. Interment will follow be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Cordova.

Teresa Ann Frederick

January 3, 1926 - February 16, 2013