Vera Elizabeth Fryer

b. 2 October 1932, d. 21 January 1971
  • Vera Elizabeth Fryer was born on 2 October 1932 in Alaska Territory.
  • Forrest J. Fryer and Christine (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Petersburg, Alaska Territory, at Main Street. Other members of the household included Vera Elizabeth Fryer. The official date of the 1940 census of the Territory of Alaska was 1 October 1939.
  • She married Carl Eugene Laurier Jr., son of Carl Eugene Laurier and Gertrude Alice Ufford.
  • The following appeared on 3 November 1959 in The Seattle Daily Times: Funeral services for Forrest J. Fryer, 65, of Petersburg, Alaska, formerly of Seattle, are being arranged in Petersburg.
         Mr. Fryer died Sunday at his home in Petersburg. He had lived there since 1922. He owned the Fryer Machine Works. He was born in Montana. He came here as a young man.
         Mr. Fryer was a member of the Petersburg Lodge No. 62, F. & A. M; Northern Light Chapter No. 12, Order of Eastern Star, and Nile Temple of the Shrine.
         Surviving are his wife, Christine; a son, Forrest J. Fryer, Jr., Petersburg; four daughters, Mrs. Carl Laurier, Mrs. Patricia Concannon and Mrs. Philip Randall, all of Seattle, and Mrs. Earl Fosse, Ketchikan; two sisters in British Columbia; 12 grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.
  • Vera Elizabeth Fryer died on 21 January 1971 at age 38 in Seattle, King County, Washington.
  • Carl Eugene Laurier Jr. became a widower at her death.
  • She was interred at Holyrood Catholic Cemetery, Shoreline, King County, Washington.
  • The following appeared on 22 January 1971 in The Seattle Daily Times: [Died] Vera Elizabeth Laurier of 142 N. E. 51st. Wife of Carl Laurier; mother of Russell, Charles and Dianne Laurier; sister of Mrs. Frances Randall, Mrs. Patricia Concannon, all of Seattle, Forrest J. Fryer, Jr; daughter of Mrs. Christine Fryer, both of Petersburg, Alaska. Services Saturday, 1 p.m., Bonney-Watson Broadway Chapel. Interment, Holyrood Cemetery.
  • Last Edited: 25 Nov 2014

Family: Carl Eugene Laurier Jr. b. 30 July 1930, d. 19 April 1987