Marcel "Sal" Frederick (April 17, 1926 – September 24, 2012) was an American businessman and politician. Frederick was born in

Mankato, Minnesota Mankato ( ) is a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, Blue Earth, Nicollet County, Minnesota, Nicollet, and Le Sueur County, Minnesota, Le Sueur counties in the state of Minnesota. The population was 44,488 according to the 2020 United States ...

and graduated from Mankato High School in 1944. He served in the

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during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. Fredrick was one of the founders of the

Happy Chef Happy Chef is a casual dining restaurant in Mankato, Minnesota. It is known for serving breakfast throughout the day and is similar to Denny's, Perkins, and IHOP. History The first Happy Chef Restaurant opened in 1963 in Mankato, Minnesota, and ...

restaurant chain. He served in the

Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. There are 134 members, twice as many as the Minnesota Senate. Floor sessions are held in the north wing of the State Capitol in Saint Pa ...

from 1985 to 1992 and was a

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. He died in Mankato, Minnesota.Marcel Frederick-obituary
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1926 births 2012 deaths People from Mankato, Minnesota Military personnel from Minnesota Businesspeople from Minnesota Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 20th-century American businesspeople United States Army personnel of World War II {{Minnesota-politician-stub