Mieke Davis Frishman's Obituary
Mieke Davis Frishman passed away on June 15 in the loving presence of her family. She was the daughter of Rande and Laura Davis of Poolesville, Maryland.
She resided in South Riding, Virginia and is survived by husband Craig Frishman and their children, Leif, Alix, and Femke;, brother Colonel Sean Davis and wife Camille (Ft. Belvoir, Virginia) and sister Juliana Downey and husband John. She is also survived by her nieces and nephew Alexandra, Josh, Rosemary, and Helena.
She was a graduate of Poolesville High School and George Mason University where she earned her B.S. in Biology. After graduating college, she worked as a research scientist in the study of female cancers. Later she transitioned into a career in scientific equipment sales starting with Digenes Corporation in Germantown and advancing to her most current position as Senior Account Manager with Thermo Fisher Scientific Electron Microscopy Life Sciences at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Washington, DC where her lead client was the National Institute of Health.
Highly regarded for her dynamic personality of pronounced passion, humor, and deep love of her family and dogs, she was the full definition of the “can-do woman.” Nothing intimidated her. She readily took on any task ranging from all forms of home repair to parachuting out of an airplane. Beyond her professional career, Mieke became a trained volunteer firefighter and EMT. A talented athlete, she was a four-year varsity player in softball and field hockey. The power of her ability to hit the field hockey ball caused her teammates to nickname her the Terminator.
A memorial service will be held at St Timothy’s Church, at 13809 Poplar Tree Rd, Chantilly, VA 20151 on the tenth of July at 1100am. There will be a viewing the day before on the ninth of July from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the Loudoun Funeral Chapel, 158 Catoctin Cir SE, Leesburg, VA 20175.
In lieu of flowers, she would encourage a donation to either the Colorectal Cancer Alliance at
https://impact.ccalliance.org/give/266249/#!/donation/checkout
or Virginia Cancer Specialists has a foundation at https://www.vcscancerfoundation.org/
or A Forever Home, a animal rescue foundation at https://www.aforeverhome.org/
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