FRIEDRICHS, Scott Alan

FRIEDRICHS, KLASSEN, MURPHY, PEDERSEN

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 8/21/2013 at 23:17:17

SCOTT ALAN FRIEDRICHS

Scott Alan Friedrichs, 48, of St. Paul, Minn. died unexpectedly Monday, April 11, 2011.

Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 23 at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, with Deacon Matt Berry officiating. Inurnment will be at the Clear Lake Cemetery. Visitation with family will be one hour preceding the service. Memorials may be given to the Scott A. Friedrichs Memorial Fund.

Scott was born May 11, 1962 in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Lee and Marilou (Klassen) Friedrichs. He was a 1980 graduate of Clear Lake High School. He obtained a bachelor’s degree at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He later attended and graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. Scott had a passion for cooking and utilized his talent in many areas of the country including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Iowa, Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York. He eventually settled in the Twin Cities and has worked for the last five years at Cork’s Pub in the Embassy Suites Hotel in St. Paul as the Chef de Cuisine.

Scott is survived by his sister, Sandy (Steve) Murphy of West Branch, Iowa; brother, Dr. Bob (Debby) Friedrichs of Mason City; niece, Kristin (Dan) Pedersen of West Branch; niece, Jessica Friedrichs of Minneapolis; nephew, Joe Friedrichs, of Boise, Idaho; great-nephew, Mason Pedersen, of West Branch; and his beloved dog, Butch.

He was preceded in death by his parents and infant brother, James