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Subject: [PaCambri] Obituary of Homer Kenneth FRY
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 20:09:31 EDT

INJURY IS FATAL TO HOMER K. FRY, SOUTH FORK MINER
Was Hurt 5 Years Ago In Coal Mine; Well Known Ball Player

South Fork - Homer Kenneth FRY, 30, died yesterday morning at his home at 786
Lake Street, the result of an injury to the back, which he suffered in a mine
accident five years ago. He had been bedfast since the injury.

Mr. FRY was injured in an accident at the Riverside coal mine here in 1934.
Prior to his injury he was a well-known athlete, having been a member of the
South Fork High School athletic teams. He also played independent bootball
and baseball.

Mr. FRY was a son of Samuel H. and Mary (Box) FRY and was born in South Fork.
Surviving are his parents and these brothers and sisters: William FRY,
South Fork; Kermet and Ruth FRY, both at home, and Mrs. Ethel INMAN, Dale
Borough.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the
South Fork Evangelical Church by Rev. Gleason K. Hetrick. Interment will be
in the South Fork Cemetery under the direction of George Bros., local
morticians. The remains will be removed to the church at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon and may be viewed until time of the services.

The Tribune
Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA
Monday Evening, 24 July 1939

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