Individual Details

Ivan Bruce Fry registered for the World War I Draft on 5 Jun 1917. He was then age 24, born 20 Apr 1893. His occupation was farming at the F. E. Fry Farm. His wife was his dependent [not named]. He was of medium height, medium build, with brown eyes and hair.

Ivan Bruce had one son Albert Ivan Fry, deceased at time record was made. Margaret Abernathy was his mother.
Ivan graduated from Ladonia High in the Class of 1911; May 30 1947 Ladonia News.

1920 Census. Ladonia. Hh 82
Ivan P. Fry, age 26, Maggie A., age 24.

1930 Census. Ladonia, Fannin, TX, Hh 194 - living with son Lucien & his family
Mittie Fry, 78, widowed - she was 30 when first married, b. AL
Ivan B., son, 37, divorced - married at age 23, b. Texas, Manager, Drug Store

1940 Census. Justice Prec 4, Ladonia, Fannin, TX, ED 74-21, Sheet 2A, Hh 45
Ivan B. Fry living on Jackson Ave. He owned his home valued at $1000. He gave the information to the enumerator. He was 46, born in Texas and lived in the same home in 1935. He had gone to high school four years. Ivan was owner & manager of a retail drug store - I know that it was on the square downtown.
Blanche, wife, age 42 had gone through 7 years of elementary school - she was born in Mississippi.

World War II Draft Registration. 27 Apr 1942
Age 49, Ivan Bruce Fry was born 20 Apr 1893, Ladonia, Fannin TX. Blanche Fry will always know his address. Self-employed, South side of square in Ladonia
He was 5'8" tall, 185 lbs. Brown eyes and hair.

1950 Census. Ladonia, Fannin, TX, Hh 19
Jackson St
Ivan B. Fry, 57, b. TX, Druggist, Drug Store
Blanche, wife, 54, b. MS

Ladonia News, Friday, Mar 12, 1954: Steven Paul Fry is improving in a Plainview hospital following a serious attack of pneumonia, his grandfather, Ivan Fry, reports after a visit there from Sunday until Tuesday of this week. Mrs. Ivan Fray remained in Plainview for a long visit with Mr. & Mrs. Albert Ivan Fray and Steven Paul.

Texas Death Certificate #81478
Ivan B. Fry died from pneumonia and respiratory failure at the Terell State Hospital in Terrell, Kaufman Co, TX. His home was Ladonia, Fannin Co. He died 28 Dec 1967, at age 74. Born 20 Apr 1893. He was a pharmacist. Father's name listed as F. E. Fry. Information was taken from the Hospital records. The cemetery is marked as unknown, but says the body removed to Cooper, Texas.
Note: Terrell State Hospital has been a psychiatric facility since 1885 - originally known as an insane asylum. None of the original buildings remain.

Ivan B. Fry
Rites Saturday
Ladonia - Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday for Ivan Bruce Fry, 75, who died Thursday at 3 a.m. in a Terrell hospital following an illness of several weeks.
The services will be held at the First Baptist Church of Ladonia with the Rev. Joel Robinson, pastor, officating. Burial will be in the IOOF Cemetery (part of Ladonia City Cemetery) under the direction of the Delta Funeral Home.
Mr. Fry was born April 20, 1892, near Ladonia, the son of the late F. E. and Mittie Eastman Fry.
A retired druggist, Mr. Fry had operated a drugstore in Ladonia for many years.
He was a member of Bethel Lodge, 134 A.F. and A.M. and the Ladonia Lions Club. Also, Mr. Fry was a director in the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Ladonia.
In 1935, he married Blanch Mills.
Survivors include his widow: one son, Albert Alvin Fry of Beaumont; one brother, Liston Fry of Como; and five grandchildren.
Pall bearers will be Sam Bryant, Leroy Byers, R. C. Fife, Robert Hayes, Ebb Bartley and Bob Joyner.

Birth	20 Apr 1893	Fannin County, Texas
Marriage	19 Apr 1916	Margaret Abernathy
Divorce	Bef 1930	Margaret Abernathy
Marriage	20 Oct 1935	Grayson County, Texas - Lillian Blanche Mills
Death	28 Dec 1967	Kaufman County, Texas

Spouse	Margaret Abernathy (1896 - 1959)
Child	Albert Ivan Fry (1925 - 1976)

Spouse

Lillian Blanche Mills (1896 - 1986)

Father	Fitz Edward Fry (1847 - 1921)
Mother	Minerva Catherine "Mittie" Eastman (1852 - 1934)
Sibling	Lucien Fitz Fry (1885 - 1964)
Sibling	Liston Eastman Fry (1886 - 1972)