Suzanne Patricia FRY

1950 - 2022

Long time Boise, Idaho, resident Suzanne (George) Fry, passed away on July 19th, 2022, after bravely battling liver cancer for seven months.

Sue was born in Benton, Illinois on March 17th, 1950. In 1954, she moved to Burke, Idaho, along with her mom and her little sister, Dixie. She had such a wonderful childhood growing up in the picturesque mountains of the Burke Canyon, in Northern Idaho. During the summers she spent most days swimming in the Burke pool located less that 100ft below her house on Shifter's hill. Her maternal grandfather would come home from work in the local mines and the two of them would go up to a high mountain lake called Lower Glidden and catch trout; she had so much fun with her Grandpa; the two of them had many adventures. In her early high school years she and her parents lived in Post Falls, Idaho where she graduated from Post Falls High in 1969. At PFH, she even did a stint as the quarterback for the girl's flag football team. Sue attended North Idaho College, the University of New Mexico, and Boise State University.

Suzanne wed Thomas Fry on December 27th, 1969, at the Catholic Church in Post Falls, Idaho; they had recently celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary.

They had one son, Thomas Fry Jr, who was born on July 27th, 1971, two wonderful grandchildren - Kori Elaine Fry born in 1992 and Sean Paul Fry born in 1994, and one great-grandson, Dayson Disotell, born in 2003.

In her adult life, Sue liked to play softball. She finally gave it up in her mid-fifties after breaking some ribs diving for a catch. She also loved to play golf regardless if it were sunny or rainy; she would have done it in the snow if she could have figured out a way to keep track of her ball. She absolutely loved the sport.

She was a great fisherman and could usually out fish anyone with her. Fishing expeditions also involved camping and she thought nothing was better in life than to sit around a campfire high in the mountains of Idaho with family and friends.

Sue followed Tom throughout his 20+ years in the USAF. His career took them all over the western US and to Europe. They were stationed at Mountain Home AFB, which is located in Mountain home, Idaho, three separate times for a total of eleven years. They also were assigned to Edwards AFB, located in the high Mojave Desert in California, at Kirtland AFB, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and at RAF Lakenheath, located near Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

During their marriage, Sue worked in various government positions, retiring in 2014 with a total of 33 years of federal service. Her last position she served as an IT Analyst for the VA. She loved her job and only retired because she wanted to travel with her husband

Sue will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She requested that she not to have any formal funeral arrangements and was cremated locally in Boise. A "Celebration of Life" will occur later this year in Southern and Northern Idaho.