I.W. Frye
Globe
Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913

I.W. Frye, deceased, was at one time the proprietor of the 
Arizona Steam Laundry in Globe and one of the most enterprising, 
progressive and successful business men in the city.  He was 
born in Clear Lake, Minnesota in 1872, some of Daniel and Ida 
M. Frye.  The father died in Minnesota and the mother is still 
making her home in that state.  They had a large family of 
children, of whom six still survive, the subject of this 
review being the eldest.

I.W. Frye acquired his education in the public schools of 
his native state and in 1893 went west to California, where 
he spent three years as hoisting engineer in the mines.  He 
came to Globe Arizona in 1896 and for five years there after 
worked at his former occupation in the mines, acting also as 
master mechanic for three years.  In 1906 he formed a 
partnership with Thomas Cavanaugh an engaged in the laundry 
business on a small scale.  Their increasing patronage soon 
made enlargement necessary and more commodious quarters were 
secured, the enterprise soon becoming the leading laundry in 
the city.  Mr. Frye purchased his partner's interest in 1912 
and until his death was sole proprietor of the plant, which 
was operated under the name of the Arizona Steam Laundry and 
which occupied a fine modern building at 750 North Broad 
Street.

In 1900 Mr. Frye was united in marriage to Mrs. Ida N. Edwards, 
a native of Texas who came to Arizona with her parents when 
she was still a child.  Her father afterward returned to 
Texas, where he passed away but her mother now makes her 
home in Phoenix.  Mr. and Mrs. Frye had one son, Irving W. 
who was born in 1903.  Mr. Frye died at Globe September 13, 
1913 and on February 6, 1914 Mrs. Frye was married to D.S. 
McDonald who for eighteen years has been engaged in the 
mining industry in Arizona.



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