San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Frazier, Thomas L. (Ulrich Heinicke) November 5 2004
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The Record  November 13, 2004
Stockton
Thomas L. Frazier (Ulrich Heinicke) 
May 15, 1921 - November 5, 2004



Tom, born May 15, 1921, left this earth on Friday, November 5, 2004. 
He is survived by Delphine, his wife and partner of 57 years. He leaves three 
children. Son, Christopher and wife, Christine, son, Richard, and daughter, 
Delphine Anne and her husband Ken Mozlowski. He has three grandchildren, Dylan 
Mozlowski, and Eric and Isabel Frazier. He also leaves a brother, Christoph 
Heinicke and his wife, Sally as well as three nephews, Andrew, David and 
Malcolm Heinicke. Tom, then known as "Ulli" was born in the free city of Danzig 
and raised amid the musical and artistic culture that was in Berlin at that 
time. He was also exposed to the growing terror of Fascism and watched as it 
took over. Fortunately his mother a had met Pastor Niemoeller who had a deep 
influence on Ulli and accepted him into the last confirmation class and 
remained in touch with him in later life. At the age of 15, Tom came alone, 
following his family in their escape to Portland, Oregon. He graduated from 
Reed College and was then drafted. When it was discovered that he knew several 
languages, he was transferred to an Intelligence Unit where he received the 
assignment to bring back Allied personnel who were hidden behind and between 
German lines. At that point he was given 20 minutes to change his name and in 
the Brooklyn phone book, he found his new name reminding him of early founders 
of the church the family attended in Portland. Sometimes alone, sometimes with 
a team, he then brought out many Allied personnel. He worked with the Italian 
and French partisans and climbed the high Alps to keep lines of communication 
open between them. For one mountain rescue he was decorated. After the fall of 
Germany, he searched for important documents there and found a complete set of 
German Army personnel files just as they were being thrown into a furnace. For 
this, he received another medal. He was in Dachau on the first night it was 
liberated. There he listened to inmate stories and promised to tell the world 
of the horrors whenever possible, which he did. He told the story of his own 
life up until that time in a book published by Regent Press...Between The 
Lines. After the war, Tom received the degree of MSW and spent most of his 
adult career in the department of Corrections. For the last 20 years he 
traveled and taught counseling and methods of therapy in many European 
countries, and also with humanitarian groups in the Balkans (Bosnia), India, 
Russia, and Poland. 
There will be no visitation. There will be a gathering in the Chapel at 
O'Connor Woods on November 21, 2004, at 1:00 p.m. and there will be several 
simultaneous meetings in various places around the world. In the spring when 
the snow leaves, there will be a hike into the hills of Tahoe behind his 
beloved cabin and the land he loved so well. Committal will be private. 
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary's Interfaith Dining room, 545 N. 
Sonora, Stockton, CA 95203. 
 




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