Anna Pearl Fry, 81, of Honey Grove passed away at 3:05 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 26, 2014, at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, surrounded by her family.
Born Jan. 22, 1933, in Spruce Hill Township, Juniata County, she was a daughter of the late Daniel and Myrtle (Smith) Brackbill. On June 16, 1951, she married, William L. "Bill" Fry, with whom she shared more than 63 years of marriage, until he preceded her in death on Aug. 12, 2014.
Surviving are: her children, Brenda Perrilli and her husband, George, of Genoa City, Wisconsin, Jeff B. Fry and his wife, Dawn, of East Waterford, Lynn B. Fry, of Wapwallopen, Seth D. Fry and his wife, Tracey, of Cynthiana, Kentucky; siblings, Vera Harpster, of Burnham, Earl Brackbill, of Mechanicsburg, Elmer Brackbill, of Mifflintown, Edna Lauver, of Camp Hill, Mildred Hendricks, of Mifflintown, Doreen Adams, of Port Royal; 11 grandchildren; and also 10 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Fry was a member of the South Juniata Baptist Church, Honey Grove and a 1950 graduate of Tuscarora Valley High School, Port Royal.
In earlier life she was a school bus driver but mainly she was a homemaker most of her life.
Her hobbies included bowling, bingo and doing crossword puzzles.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, at the South Juniata Baptist Church, Honey Grove with Pastor Caleb Burd and the Rev. Dennis Thompson officiating. Interment will follow in the McCulluch's Mills Cemetery.
Viewing will be held from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, at the church.
For those that wish, memorial contributions may be made in Mrs. Fry's memory to the South Juniata Baptist Church, 3647 Smokey Hollow Road, Honey Grove, PA 17035.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Brown Funeral Homes Inc., 100 Bridge St., Mifflintown, PA.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 12/27/14 - Image Year: 1949
TVHS CLASS OF 1950 IN JUNIOR YEAR (49):
SEATED (l-r): Miriam Kilmer, Gloria Kauffman, Pearl Kerchner, Nedra Frankhouse, Shirley Crozier, Kathryn Fettig, Jane Longenecker, Anna Brackbill;
MIDDLE ROW: Charles Telfer, Alma Brackbill, Helen Gilson, Dorothy Kephart (teacher), Patty Bashore, Mary Alice Eaton, James Shirk;
TOP ROW: Charles Towsey, Earl Fleck, Robert Hertzler, John Ritzman, Mack Johnson, Dick Dunn, Ray Helwig.
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TVHS 1950 GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM: FRONT ROW: Nancy Telfer; SECOND ROW ROW (l-r): Patricia Bashore, Nedra Frankhouse, Beulah Foltz, Gloria Kauffman, Jeanne Kennedy, Edith Longacre; STANDING (l-r): Mrs. Ferguson (Coach), Cora Naylor, Helen Gilson, Gertrude Andrews, Kathryn Fettig, Sally Wagner, Pearl Kerchner, Anna Brackbill, Miss Ross (Coach).
Contributed by rkohler3 on 5/3/16 - Image Year: 1951
TVHS 1951 SENIOR CLASS: (Front Row)(l-r) Jane Kirkwood, Romaine Bardell, Anna Brackbill, Park Gerhart (teacher), Cora Naylor, Roma Deen, Jessie Swartz; (Middle Row)(l-r) Bill Seacrist, Joyce Milliken, Richard Eaton, Betty Bookwalter, Eugene Longacre; (Top Row)(l-r) David Weishaupt, Paul Armstrong, John Leister, Arthur Aumiller, Ralph Ditmer, Ralph Kepner
Contributed by rkohler3 on 5/13/17 - Image Year: 1948
TVHS CLASS OF 1951 IN FRESHMAN YEAR (48): (Front Row) (l-r): Bill Seacrist, Art Aumiller, Lane Swartz; (2nd Row): June Welshonse, Mildred Walters, Dolores Benner, Roma Deen, Cora Naylor, Romaine Bardell, Anna Brackbill; (3rd Row) Jeanne Kennedy, Patsy Lauver, Joyce Milliken, Peggy Seiber, Betty Bookwalter, Jane Kirkwood, Jessie Swartz; (Back Row): David Wisehaupt, John Leister, Ralph Kepner, Ralph Ditmer, Eugene Longacre, Paul Armstrong, Mr. Parsons (Teacher), Richard Eaton
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1951 TVHS CLASS REUNION: Held July 1, 2010 at Whitesel Family House Restaurant: (seated) Paul Armstrong; (Standing l-r) Arthur Aumiller, Jane Kirkwood Kapsa, Jessie Swartz Kennedy, Romaine Bardell Varnes, Anna Brackbill Fry and Betty Bookwalter Dolin.
