Theora Stahmann Frisbee

Born in Geneva, New York January 10, 1928, she passed away February 18, 2015 in her home of 62 years surrounded by love of family. She was 87 years in age and still full of the joy of life. Theora moved to Tallahassee, Fl. with her parents in 1942 as her father Casper sought work as head carpenter @ Dale Mabry Field. She graduated from Florida High with honors in 1945 and attended Florida State University as well. She met her husband Harry while roller skating. He was the floor monitor and constantly had to slow her down as she was always skating way too fast. They were married in Tallahassee, Fl October 28, 1949. For 61 years she ran a successful home based typing, mimeographing, and word processing business and was typing jobs for people up until several weeks ago. Thru this endeavor she met people of all walks of life, staying up many a night to meet their deadlines. Dissertations, thesis, journals, books, resumes, restaurant menus, business forms, biographies, no challenge was too large or small for her to take on with her trusty timer. She was an early adopter of the Dvorak keyboard but later used this with a regular keyboard, so she could not even look at the keyboard for a reference. She was a very early user of a word processing computer, buying one of the very first versions of the Kaypro computer. She had a passion and love of genealogy. She loved searching thru ships records, old census reports, greeting and meeting people thru the computer, and corresponding with people overseas to find even the tiniest bit of information that would lead her to the next distant relative. She walked each local cemetery with her laptop, recording and documenting each headstone with its information so that this might help someone else in their quest for information. Theora and Harry shared the love of square and round dancing for over 25 years. She was always encouraging and trying to introduce people to the joy of that form of dance, comradery and fellowship. She loved sewing, quilting, knitting, and trying new cooking recipes. When her son Paul became ill and was diagnosed with Cushing's disease she researched it online. She traveled with him to NIH and stayed by his side for the 9 weeks he was in the hospital. Theora and Harry cared for Paul in their home for his remaining years of life as he battled with Cushing's disease and Pancreatic cancer. When Harry became ill she nursed him in their home with love and care for the last two years of his life, never complaining, just doing her best and always maintaining her sense of humor and looking at the bright side of life. She taught her two children, Paul and Susan to be honest, to look people in the eye, to pursue their passions, and to live it up. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years Harry A Frisbee, August 17, 2014 and beloved son Paul A Frisbee, December 9, 1999. She leaves behind her daughter Susan E Frisbee and her partner Kirk Zinkowski. Theora was loved by many and leaves behind many friends who she considered to be family. She will be truly missed. A celebration of Theora’s life will be held at Bevis Funeral Home Chapel, Friday, February 27, 2015 at 1:00 PM. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts, The Senior Center of Tallahassee, or a charity of your choice. Todd Wahlquist with Bevis Funeral Home is assisting the family with their arrangements, 850-385-2193, and www.bevisfh.com.

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Theora Stahmann Frisbee

January 10, 1928 - February 18, 2015