Obituaries: Fryer

Posted on May 9, 2015

Judith Fryer

Judith A. Fryer, age 67 of Normal, died at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 8, 2015 at her residence.

Her funeral service will be 7 p.m. Tuesday at Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home in Bloomington.

Graveside service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Park Hill Cemetery in Bloomington. Fr. William Anderson will officiate. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home. The family suggests memorials be made to Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children. Please mail your memorials to Deb Giannoni, P.O. Box137, Lexington, Ill., 61753.

Judy was born Oct. 16, 1947 in Champaign, the daughter of Kenneth E. and Marguerite Carlson Fryer. Surviving is a cousin, Fr. William Anderson, Bloomington, IL; and dear and close friend Deb (Terry) Giannoni, Lexington. She is preceded in death by her parents.

Judy graduated from the Illinois Masonic School of Nursing in Chicago.

She was a registered nurse at BroMenn Medical Center in Normal. She was a member of Park United Methodist Church in Bloomington. Judy had been active with the American Passion Play and was a member of the Felicity Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. She will be greatly missed by her two precious and ever near cats.

Please view the obituary and share your condolences and memories online at www.calvertmemorial.com.

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