Celebration of life for Frieda

A Celebration of Life service has been scheduled for Frieda Rapoport Caplan, who died Jan. 18.

 Bill Coon of The Packer presents Frieda Caplan with The Packer's Produce Marketer of the Year award at the 1979 Produce Marketing Association Convention.
Bill Coon of The Packer presents Frieda Caplan with The Packer’s Produce Marketer of the Year award at the 1979 Produce Marketing Association Convention.
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A Celebration of Life service has been scheduled for Frieda Rapoport Caplan, who died Jan. 18.

The event will be Feb. 22. The location and time will be announced later, according to the Caplan family.

The family suggests donations in her memory be made to organizations that were important to Frieda, including:

  • Dramatic Results (Long Beach,Calif.) www.dramaticresults.org;
  • University of California-Irvine Mind http://www.mind.uci.edu;
  • Trust Women (Wichita, Kan.) www.trustwomen.org;
  • Women Against Gun Violence (Los Angeles) www.wagv.org;
  • American Civil Liberties Union (Los Angeles) www.aclusocal.org;
  • Anti-Defamation League (Los Angeles) https://www.adl.org,; and
  • Planned Parenthood (Orange and San Bernardino Counties) www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-orange-san-bernardino.

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