Ted Strathy Frost

Ted. S Frost, surrounded by family, passed away quickly and peacefully Tuesday, November 6th at 2:05 pm. In Dad's words, "I'm Ted Frost. A long-time resident of Bainbridge Island. Considered by many who know me to be, among other things, a grumpy old retired accountant, who hates dogs, little kids, tight shoes, and golf. A thousand years ago, I tippy-toed past the University of Washington graduation records office and managed to glom onto degrees in mathematics and accounting. While at the "U", I was a lukewarm fraternity brother, but gung ho captain of the rowing team, and one year was even on the U.S. Olympic Games team. Didn't get a medal (sob), but did get a plaque. We came in fifth in the finals".
Rowing was a very large part of Ted's life, beginning in his freshman year at UW. After college, he and several other rowing friends formed Lake Washington Rowing Club and rowed competitively aiming for the Olympics. They missed 1956, but in 1960, he and lifetime friend Bob Rogers, started rowing a pair without coxswain and won nearly all of their events.  They won the Gold Medal in the 1959 Pan American games, and took fifth place in the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
Now truth be told, Ted was an old retired accountant and yes, sometimes grumpy but he also had a great sense of dry humor and an amazing keen mind that could recite old Irish sayings, Boy Scout songs like "Tom the Toad" and he had an uncanny ability to use big words, I mean really big words. The kind of big words which caused you to grab your phone to google the meaning of if a dictionary was not around. For example words like maladroit, mawkish or betise. Dad loved words. In fact, he was a successful author of two rather unconventional non-fiction books published on small business and entrepreneurship. "Where have All the Wholly Mammoths Gone" (published 1976) and "The Second Coming of the Woolly Mammoth"(published 1991). And for twelve years was a contributor for a small business magazine published in New York by Dunn and Bradstreet. He wrote some 72 articles over the years. Plus he wrote a few semi-technical articles for an astronomical (not to be confused with astrological) association. Clearly, he enjoyed writing much more then getting in other duffers' way trying to play gold at the local golf course. Dad's last and final literary accomplishment was to self publish his first fictional book titled, "Rack & Pinion Steering and the Meaning of Life" just this past month. And somehow, unbeknownst to us, he managed to write the infamous Christmas letter which those who receive looked forward to every year.
Amongst other things, dad was an amazing husband, father, brother, uncle, and friend. He had a kind heart and loved his family very much. He is survived by his wife, Alice of Bainbridge Island, his eldest daughter, Karin Frost Blakley of Newcastle and her two sons, Tyler and Trevor; his son, Kurt Frost of Bainbridge Island and his wife, Jill, and their two daughters, Bella and Madeleine and Madeleine's husband Andrew; his youngest daughter , Kate Carr of Bainbridge Island and her husband Jim and their two daughter Melinda and Ann and let's not forget the damn dog, Mac.
In lieu of flowers please consider donating to what was dear to Ted's heart, rowing, by making a donation in his name to the Stan Pocock Legacy Rowing Center on Bainbridge Island. In Dad's words, "May God bless you and devil miss you".


Arrangements are entrusted to Cook Family Funeral Home.

Ted Frost's Celebration of Life
When: February 16th, 2019 From 2 pm to 4 pm
Where: Islandwood Great Hall and Welcome Center
4450 Blakely Ave NE
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
206.855.4300
Please RSVP to Kate Carr at 4katecarr@gmail.com
You are invited to bring a written memory of Ted which will be collected by the family to be read at a later time. Paper and pens will be available at the celebration.
Light refreshments will be served.
From the Bainbridge Ferry Terminal
(Approximately a 10-minute drive to our campus)
1. Drive up the hill from the ferry to the second stoplight, turn left onto Winslow Way.
2. At the next 4-way stop, turn right onto Madison Avenue and continue to the next 4-way stop at Wyatt Way.
3. Turn left onto Wyatt Way.
4. Continue on Wyatt, rounding the back of Eagle Harbor (water will be to your left).
5. The road will fork; take the right fork up the hill, following the signs to Port Blakely. You are now on Blakely Avenue.
6. Continue straight on Blakely Avenue. In approximately 1 mile you'll see Blakely Elementary School on your left.
7. IslandWood is at the first driveway on your left after Blakely Elementary School. Turn left into IslandWood driveway. The street address is 4450 Blakely Avenue NE.
8. Continue on the wooded driveway up the hill. Bear left to the parking area. Follow pathway and signs to the Welcome Center.
From Kitsap Peninsula (Poulsbo and beyond)
1. From Poulsbo, drive south on Highway 305 towards the Bainbridge ferry terminal.
2. At the second stop light (Sportsman's Club / Manitou Beach), turn right onto Sportsman's Club Road.
3. Continue on Sportman's Club, crossing New Brooklyn Road and then High School Road. (About 1 mile total)
4. After crossing High School Road, you will arrive at a stop sign at Finch Road. Turn left onto Finch Road and continue to the next stop sign at Wyatt Way.
5. Turn right onto Wyatt Way
6. Continue on Wyatt, rounding the back of Eagle Harbor (water will be to your left)
7. The road will fork; take the right fork up the hill, following the signs to Port Blakely. You are now on Blakely Avenue.
8. Continue straight on Blakely Avenue. In approximately 1 mile you'll see the Blakely Elementary School on your left.
9. IslandWood is at the first driveway on your left after Blakely Elementary School. Turn left into IslandWood driveway. The street address is 4450 Blakely Avenue NE.
10. Continue on the wooded driveway up the hill. Bear left to the parking area. Follow pathway and signs to the Welcome Center.