Edward Curtis Fry, recently of Highland Haven, Texas, died on Saturday, August 1, 2015 in the Kingsland Hills Care Center, Kingsland, Texas after an extended illness. He was 84 years old.
He was born in Fredericksburg, Texas on January 6, 1931 to Edward Alfred Fry and Edith Ellen Fry (nee Lewis). He graduated from Fredericksburg High School in Fredericksburg in 1949.
He joined the U.S. Navy in May of 1949 to June 1950 service as an electrician’s mate. He made one cruise to Guam on a “leaky, creaky Liberty Ship from WWII.” It was during that deployment he determined that a Navy career wasn’t for him. He served in the Naval Reserve from 1950 to 1956.
He attended one year at Schreiner Institute on a football scholarship (now Schreiner University) in Kerrville, TX, where he was a teammate of eventual Pro Football Hall of Famer Raymond Berry.
He quit school in 1951 (partially because he sat on the bench thanks to Mr. Berry and partially because he needed money) to join the Plymouth Oil Company as a member of their land surveying crew. He was promptly moved to North Dakota.
He was married to Virginia Victoria Heep of Fredericksburg, on April 6, 1953.
Following his marriage, He and Virginia lived in seven states from 1953 to 1961 while he worked for Plymouth Oil. During this time they lived in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, Montana, Texas, and Wyoming (not necessarily in that order).
He, Virginia and son Jeffrey settled in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1961 at Virginia’s insistence (she was tired of moving). He began working at the Wyoming Highway Department (WHD) as a draftsman. He worked his way up in the organization eventually obtaining a Professional Engineer and Surveyor’s certification from the State of Wyoming and serving as a squad leader in the Right of Way Section. He also served one term as President of the Wyoming Highway Department Employees Association.
He worked at the WHD until 1976 when he established a civil engineering and land surveying business. He was licensed to practice civil engineering and surveying in Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska. While in business he was instrumental in establishing a countywide coordinates system in Laramie County, Wyoming that is used by surveyors and builders to this day. He also served as President of the Laramie County Engineers Club, one of the oldest such organizations in the country. He retired from the business in 1989 and returned to the WHD until he retired from state employment in 1993.
He was an avid hunter and fisherman while living in Wyoming. In 1963 he bagged a near Boone and Crocket record trophy elk, missing the designation by fractions of a point. Regardless, the huge animal dressed out to nearly 200 pounds of meat. The family consumed elk meat for nearly a year in every cut imaginable -- elk roast, elk steak, ground elk, elk chuck, etc. Even the dog was fed elk.
He and Virginia moved to Highland Haven, Texas on Lake LBJ in 1994. He was active in the community serving as one of the first alderman in the newly incorporated town of Highland Haven and subsequently as City Engineer. His design of a new bridge to serve the community was accepted with a few minor changes by the State of Texas. The community honored the achievement by naming the bridge “Curtis Fry Crossing”.
In 2011 he and Virginia left Highland Haven to live at the Buckner Green Ridge retirement community in Austin, Texas. Following her death in 2013, he returned to Highland Haven until his death.
Curtis is preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Melvin, and his sister Orlean.
He is survived by his son, a grandson and granddaughter and a great granddaughter.
Those who so desire may make memorial contributions in his memory to St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Kingsland, The American Cancer Society, or to the charity of their choice.
The Family will greet friends on Friday August 14th from 9 to 9:45 a.m. in the Chapel of the Schaetter's Funeral Home.
A Memorial Mass will be held on Friday August 14th at 10:00 a.m. in St. Mary's Catholic Church. Graveside services and interment will follow in the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Fredericksburg.
Following the committal services, the family asks that all in attendance gather with them for fellowship and light snack in the Holy Family Parish Hall next to St. Mary’s Church.
He was born in Fredericksburg, Texas on January 6, 1931 to Edward Alfred Fry and Edith Ellen Fry (nee Lewis). He graduated from Fredericksburg High School in Fredericksburg in 1949.
He joined the U.S. Navy in May of 1949 to June 1950 service as an electrician’s mate. He made one cruise to Guam on a “leaky, creaky Liberty Ship from WWII.” It was during that deployment he determined that a Navy career wasn’t for him. He served in the Naval Reserve from 1950 to 1956.
He attended one year at Schreiner Institute on a football scholarship (now Schreiner University) in Kerrville, TX, where he was a teammate of eventual Pro Football Hall of Famer Raymond Berry.
He quit school in 1951 (partially because he sat on the bench thanks to Mr. Berry and partially because he needed money) to join the Plymouth Oil Company as a member of their land surveying crew. He was promptly moved to North Dakota.
He was married to Virginia Victoria Heep of Fredericksburg, on April 6, 1953.
Following his marriage, He and Virginia lived in seven states from 1953 to 1961 while he worked for Plymouth Oil. During this time they lived in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, Montana, Texas, and Wyoming (not necessarily in that order).
He, Virginia and son Jeffrey settled in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1961 at Virginia’s insistence (she was tired of moving). He began working at the Wyoming Highway Department (WHD) as a draftsman. He worked his way up in the organization eventually obtaining a Professional Engineer and Surveyor’s certification from the State of Wyoming and serving as a squad leader in the Right of Way Section. He also served one term as President of the Wyoming Highway Department Employees Association.
He worked at the WHD until 1976 when he established a civil engineering and land surveying business. He was licensed to practice civil engineering and surveying in Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska. While in business he was instrumental in establishing a countywide coordinates system in Laramie County, Wyoming that is used by surveyors and builders to this day. He also served as President of the Laramie County Engineers Club, one of the oldest such organizations in the country. He retired from the business in 1989 and returned to the WHD until he retired from state employment in 1993.
He was an avid hunter and fisherman while living in Wyoming. In 1963 he bagged a near Boone and Crocket record trophy elk, missing the designation by fractions of a point. Regardless, the huge animal dressed out to nearly 200 pounds of meat. The family consumed elk meat for nearly a year in every cut imaginable -- elk roast, elk steak, ground elk, elk chuck, etc. Even the dog was fed elk.
He and Virginia moved to Highland Haven, Texas on Lake LBJ in 1994. He was active in the community serving as one of the first alderman in the newly incorporated town of Highland Haven and subsequently as City Engineer. His design of a new bridge to serve the community was accepted with a few minor changes by the State of Texas. The community honored the achievement by naming the bridge “Curtis Fry Crossing”.
In 2011 he and Virginia left Highland Haven to live at the Buckner Green Ridge retirement community in Austin, Texas. Following her death in 2013, he returned to Highland Haven until his death.
Curtis is preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Melvin, and his sister Orlean.
He is survived by his son, a grandson and granddaughter and a great granddaughter.
Those who so desire may make memorial contributions in his memory to St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Kingsland, The American Cancer Society, or to the charity of their choice.
The Family will greet friends on Friday August 14th from 9 to 9:45 a.m. in the Chapel of the Schaetter's Funeral Home.
A Memorial Mass will be held on Friday August 14th at 10:00 a.m. in St. Mary's Catholic Church. Graveside services and interment will follow in the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Fredericksburg.
Following the committal services, the family asks that all in attendance gather with them for fellowship and light snack in the Holy Family Parish Hall next to St. Mary’s Church.
Edward Curtis Fry, recently of Highland Haven, Texas, died on Saturday, August 1, 2015 in the Kingsland Hills Care Center, Kingsland, Texas after an extended illness. He was 84 years old.
He was born in Fredericksburg, Texas on January 6, 1931 to Edward Alfred Fry and Edith Ellen Fry (nee Lewis). He graduated from Fredericksburg High School in Fredericksburg in 1949.
He joined the U.S. Navy in May of 1949 to June 1950 service as an electrician’s mate. He made one cruise to Guam on a “leaky, creaky Liberty Ship from WWII.” It was during that deployment he determined that a Navy career wasn’t for him. He served in the Naval Reserve from 1950 to 1956.
He attended one year at Schreiner Institute on a football scholarship (now Schreiner University) in Kerrville, TX, where he was a teammate of eventual Pro Football Hall of Famer Raymond Berry.
He quit school in 1951 (partially because he sat on the bench thanks to Mr. Berry and partially because he needed money) to join the Plymouth Oil Company as a member of their land surveying crew. He was promptly moved to North Dakota.
He was married to Virginia Victoria Heep of Fredericksburg, on April 6, 1953.
Following his marriage, He and Virginia lived in seven states from 1953 to 1961 while he worked for Plymouth Oil. During this time they lived in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, Montana, Texas, and Wyoming (not necessarily in that order).
He, Virginia and son Jeffrey settled in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1961 at Virginia’s insistence (she was tired of moving). He began working at the Wyoming Highway Department (WHD) as a draftsman. He worked his way up in the organization eventually obtaining a Professional Engineer and Surveyor’s certification from the State of Wyoming and serving as a squad leader in the Right of Way Section. He also served one term as President of the Wyoming Highway Department Employees Association.
He worked at the WHD until 1976 when he established a civil engineering and land surveying business. He was licensed to practice civil engineering and surveying in Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska. While in business he was instrumental in establishing a countywide coordinates system in Laramie County, Wyoming that is used by surveyors and builders to this day. He also served as President of the Laramie County Engineers Club, one of the oldest such organizations in the country. He retired from the business in 1989 and returned to the WHD until he retired from state employment in 1993.
He was an avid hunter and fisherman while living in Wyoming. In 1963 he bagged a near Boone and Crocket record trophy elk, missing the designation by fractions of a point. Regardless, the huge animal dressed out to nearly 200 pounds of meat. The family consumed elk meat for nearly a year in every cut imaginable -- elk roast, elk steak, ground elk, elk chuck, etc. Even the dog was fed elk.
He and Virginia moved to Highland Haven, Texas on Lake LBJ in 1994. He was active in the community serving as one of the first alderman in the newly incorporated town of Highland Haven and subsequently as City Engineer. His design of a new bridge to serve the community was accepted with a few minor changes by the State of Texas. The community honored the achievement by naming the bridge “Curtis Fry Crossing”.
In 2011 he and Virginia left Highland Haven to live at the Buckner Green Ridge retirement community in Austin, Texas. Following her death in 2013, he returned to Highland Haven until his death.
Curtis is preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Melvin, and his sister Orlean.
He is survived by his son, a grandson and granddaughter and a great granddaughter.
Those who so desire may make memorial contributions in his memory to St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Kingsland, The American Cancer Society, or to the charity of their choice.
The Family will greet friends on Friday August 14th from 9 to 9:45 a.m. in the Chapel of the Schaetter's Funeral Home.
A Memorial Mass will be held on Friday August 14th at 10:00 a.m. in St. Mary's Catholic Church. Graveside services and interment will follow in the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Fredericksburg.
Following the committal services, the family asks that all in attendance gather with them for fellowship and light snack in the Holy Family Parish Hall next to St. Mary’s Church.
He was born in Fredericksburg, Texas on January 6, 1931 to Edward Alfred Fry and Edith Ellen Fry (nee Lewis). He graduated from Fredericksburg High School in Fredericksburg in 1949.
He joined the U.S. Navy in May of 1949 to June 1950 service as an electrician’s mate. He made one cruise to Guam on a “leaky, creaky Liberty Ship from WWII.” It was during that deployment he determined that a Navy career wasn’t for him. He served in the Naval Reserve from 1950 to 1956.
He attended one year at Schreiner Institute on a football scholarship (now Schreiner University) in Kerrville, TX, where he was a teammate of eventual Pro Football Hall of Famer Raymond Berry.
He quit school in 1951 (partially because he sat on the bench thanks to Mr. Berry and partially because he needed money) to join the Plymouth Oil Company as a member of their land surveying crew. He was promptly moved to North Dakota.
He was married to Virginia Victoria Heep of Fredericksburg, on April 6, 1953.
Following his marriage, He and Virginia lived in seven states from 1953 to 1961 while he worked for Plymouth Oil. During this time they lived in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, Montana, Texas, and Wyoming (not necessarily in that order).
He, Virginia and son Jeffrey settled in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1961 at Virginia’s insistence (she was tired of moving). He began working at the Wyoming Highway Department (WHD) as a draftsman. He worked his way up in the organization eventually obtaining a Professional Engineer and Surveyor’s certification from the State of Wyoming and serving as a squad leader in the Right of Way Section. He also served one term as President of the Wyoming Highway Department Employees Association.
He worked at the WHD until 1976 when he established a civil engineering and land surveying business. He was licensed to practice civil engineering and surveying in Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska. While in business he was instrumental in establishing a countywide coordinates system in Laramie County, Wyoming that is used by surveyors and builders to this day. He also served as President of the Laramie County Engineers Club, one of the oldest such organizations in the country. He retired from the business in 1989 and returned to the WHD until he retired from state employment in 1993.
He was an avid hunter and fisherman while living in Wyoming. In 1963 he bagged a near Boone and Crocket record trophy elk, missing the designation by fractions of a point. Regardless, the huge animal dressed out to nearly 200 pounds of meat. The family consumed elk meat for nearly a year in every cut imaginable -- elk roast, elk steak, ground elk, elk chuck, etc. Even the dog was fed elk.
He and Virginia moved to Highland Haven, Texas on Lake LBJ in 1994. He was active in the community serving as one of the first alderman in the newly incorporated town of Highland Haven and subsequently as City Engineer. His design of a new bridge to serve the community was accepted with a few minor changes by the State of Texas. The community honored the achievement by naming the bridge “Curtis Fry Crossing”.
In 2011 he and Virginia left Highland Haven to live at the Buckner Green Ridge retirement community in Austin, Texas. Following her death in 2013, he returned to Highland Haven until his death.
Curtis is preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Melvin, and his sister Orlean.
He is survived by his son, a grandson and granddaughter and a great granddaughter.
Those who so desire may make memorial contributions in his memory to St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Kingsland, The American Cancer Society, or to the charity of their choice.
The Family will greet friends on Friday August 14th from 9 to 9:45 a.m. in the Chapel of the Schaetter's Funeral Home.
A Memorial Mass will be held on Friday August 14th at 10:00 a.m. in St. Mary's Catholic Church. Graveside services and interment will follow in the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Fredericksburg.
Following the committal services, the family asks that all in attendance gather with them for fellowship and light snack in the Holy Family Parish Hall next to St. Mary’s Church.
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