Forrest J. Fryer

Forrest J. Fryer

• Forrest J. Fryer was born circa 1894 in Montana.
• He married Christine (?)
• 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.
• He was proprietor of a machine shop, according to the 1940 census.
• Forrest J. Fryer died on 1 November 1959 in Petersburg, Wrangell-Petersburg County, Alaska.
• Christine (?) became a widow at his death.
• 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.

• Last Edited: 11 Apr 2014