OBIT: Elmer Ellsworth FRYE, Sr., 1941, Williamsburg, Blair County, PA

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ELMER ELLSWORTH FRYE, SR. 

Well known retired Williamsburg citizen, died at his home, 813 West 
Second street, yesterday afternoon at 3.45 o'clock, death being 
attributed to a complication of ailments.  He was the son of Adam and 
Sarah Cart Frye and was born on Clover Creek on March 27, 1862.  On 
April 12, 1883, he was united in marriage with Catherine Matilda Hyle 
at Alexandria, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Sangree.  His wife 
preceded him in death.  Surviving are these children: Harry Frye of 
Mercersburg, Mrs. J. M. Daugherty of 521 Eighth Avenue, Altoona, Elmer 
E. Frye, jr. and Miss Anna Frye, at home, and two sisters, Mrs. William 
Richardson and Mrs. Laura Dixon, both of Hollidaysburg, R.D., and seven 
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.  He was educated in the 
Clover Creek public schools and was  employed for many years by the 
West Virginia Pulp and Paper company and retired four and one-half 
years ago.  Mr. Frye was a member of the Trinity Evangelical and 
Reformed church, taught the Men's Bible class for many years and was a 
member of the building committee that erected the present edifice in 
1909.  The body may be viewed at the home after 7 o'clock this evening 
and until 11 o'clock Thursday when it will be taken to the church where 
it will lie in state until the time of the funeral services.

FRYE - Funeral services for Elmer Ellsworth Frye, sr., will be 
conducted in the Trinity Evangelical and Reformed church in 
Williamsburg Thursday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock in charge of the 
pastor, Rev. Gerald Deiter.  Interment in the Keller Reformed cemetery.  
Friends are being received at the home, 913 West Second street, after 7 
o'clock this evening and the body will lie in state in the church after 
11 o'clock Thursday.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., January 28, 1941