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Paula FRY Obituary

Published by Vancouver Sun and/or The Province on Nov. 6, 2015.

FRY, Paula Jane (nee MacNearney)
November 14, 1928 – October 24, 2015
Paula Fry (nee MacNearney) passed away peacefully after a ten year struggle with Alzheimer's. Predeceased by her husband, Gerald, and her siblings Ed, Doug, Jan, Lynne and Alice, she is survived by her brother Eric, her children: Leigh Ann (Ted) Higgins, Janis Fry, and Alan (Pamela) Fry, as well as her grandchildren: Troy (Samantha), Heather, Tiggy, Alexi , Emma and Kathleen. Born in Windsor Junction, Nova Scotia, she graduated from Acadia University in 1952 with a degree in home economics. She married the love of her life, Gerald Fry of Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Eventually moving to British Columbia, they became long term residents of Maple Ridge. She taught home economics at Point Grey Secondary in Vancouver, and Westview, Maple Ridge and Garibaldi Secondaries, as well as elementary education at Hammond and Eric Langton schools in the Maple Ridge area. She was a true survivor, overcoming tuberculosis in her late teens and early twenties in the Halifax Sanatorium and breast cancer in her thirties. Her friends, family and neighbours knew her as someone who was there for them and their children, someone who was loathe to judge and quick to help. She loved to beach comb, ski, swim, entertain guests and travel to Eastern Canada or Florida to spend time with her extended family. She will be greatly missed. There will be a private family memorial for Paula. The family would like to thank the staff of Baillie House for their unfailing kindness and care. In lieu of flowers, donations to cancer or Alzheimer's research on her behalf would be appreciated. Condolences, memories or pictures can be given at www.mapleridgefuneral.ca.

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Sandra Gadsby

November 8, 2015

Paula Fry was a beloved teacher. She and Gerry worked together to develop the first student agenda books. Paula was a mentor to me as a new teacher at Westview Junior Secondary School. We shared lunches, swims, picket lines, painful staff meetings and a love of dachshunds. I will miss her kindness, generosity, friendship and beaming smile.