Dr. Ezra Esher Fry

1875 - 1937  (61 years)

• Name	Ezra Esher Fry
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	24 Dec 1875	New Berlin, Union, Pennsylvania, United States   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Website	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	photograph
  	Waterloo Pubic Library Digital Collection
  Occupation	1901	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Medical ?
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-95955
  Died	6 Feb 1937	Bonners Ferry, Boundary, Idaho, United States   [3]
  Buried	Grandview Cemtery, Bonners Ferry, Boundary, Idaho, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I95955	Generations
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Rev. David C. Fry,   b. CALC 5 Mar 1847, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 May 1879, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 32 years)
  Mother	Lydia Heist,   b. 31 May 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Mar 1931, Bonners Ferry, Boundary, Idaho, United States  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F24760	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Left to right; Ezra Fry, Charlie Laschinger Handwritten at bottom: "(Dr.) Ezra Fry Charlie Laschinger". From Waterloo Public Library
  		Dr. Ezra Esher Fry Find A Grave

  
  

• Notes

  FRY, EZRA ESHER (ASHER?) was born in Elmira, a son of Daniel Fry. He attended schools in Elmira and Galt and entered the University of Toronto where he received his medical decree "about 1900". In the summer of 1902 he took a locums in Linwood and in Wellesley, according to the Wellesley Maple Leaf. In October the News Record noted that he and Dr, Geikie performed a tracheostomy on a boy in West Montrose. He passed the State licensing board examinations in Michigan and went to Hamilton, Montana, and then to Conner's Ferry, Idaho. The News Record said on February 12, 1937: he had an extensive practice and his own private hospital and was one of the outstanding surgeons of Idaho, he served as mayor of his town for a number of years. The same notice said that his death had occurred, aged about 62 years, no date being given. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925 ____________ BELOVED MEDIC CALLED BY DEATH MANY SANDPOINT PEOPLE PAY LAST TRIBUTE TO DR. E. E. FRY OF BONNERS FERRY. Many Sandpoint people, loaded with beautiful floral tributes, went to Bonners Ferry yesterday to pay their last respects to Dr. E. E. Fry, beloved north Idaho physician, who died Saturday, as a result of a heart attack. Services were held from the high school gymnasium at 10 a. m.. yesterday, the Rev. C. E. Weidner, Opportunity, Wash., officiating. Dr. Fry, who was 61 years of age when death called, was active in civic and school affairs at Bonners Ferry. He was a pioneer physician in the Boundary county area. Under his guidance the Bonners Ferry hospital was developed as one of the best in towns of any size in the northwest. During recent years he was assisted in his medical practice by Dr. R. M. Bowell. During his years of practice at Bonners Ferry, Dr. Fry was often called to Sandpoint, where he developed a large clientele. He had many Sandpoint patients at his Bonners Ferry hospital during a year's time. Dr. Fry was prominent in the organization of the Kootenai Valley Commercial club and many years was chairman of the district No. 4 school board. He recently campaigned for passage of bonds to build an addition to the Bonners Ferry high school. He had been president of the First National bank here since 1933. He is survived by his widow; a son Esher, student at Iowa City. Iowa, and a daughter. Marion. attending school at Philadelphia, Pa. Sandpoint News-Bulletin, Sandpoint, Idaho Friday, February 12, 1937 ______ Death record and birth of daughter states Ezra was born in Pennsylvania

  
  

• Sources

  [S161] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1901, Elmira (Village) B. Page 20. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 2 Page 42. [S2157] Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937. Name: Ezra Esher Fry Name Note: 35 Years of this place Gender: Male Gender: M Age: 61 Age: 61y 1m 13d Marital Status: Married Ethnicity: American Race: White Race: White Race: white Occupation: Physician Birth Date: 24 Dec 1875 Birth Date: 24 Dec 1875 Birthplace: New Berlin, Pennsylvania Death Date: 06 Feb 1937 Death Date: 6 Feb 1937 Death Place: Bonners Ferry, Boundary, Idaho Burial Date: 11 Feb 1937 Burial Place: Bonners Ferry, Ida. Father's Name: David C. Fry Father's Birthplace: Ontario, Canada Mother's Name: Lydia B. Heist Spouse's Name: Myrta M. Fry [S2157] Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937. Name: Ezra Esher Fry Sex: Male Age: 61 years Birth Date: 24 Dec 1875 Birthplace: New Berlin, Pennsylvania Burial Date: 11 February 1937 (11 February 1937) Burial Place: Bonners Ferry, Ida. Marital Status: Married Occupation: Physician Race: White Father's Name: David C. Fry Father's Sex: Male Father's Birthplace: Ontario, Canada Mother's Name: Lydia B. Heist Mother's Sex: Female Mother's Birthplace: Ontario, Canada Spouse's Name: Myrta M. Fry Spouse's Sex: Female Event Date: 1937 (1937) Event Place: Bonners Ferry, Boundary, Idaho, United States [S3286] Idaho, U.S., Birth Records, 1861-1921, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1971. NameMarion Jean Fry Birth Date13 May 1911 Birth PlaceBonners Ferry, Boundary, Idaho, USA Certificate Year1911 FatherEzra Esher Fry b. Pennsylvania - physician MotherMyrta M Rickerd b. Eu Clair Wisconsin

  
  

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  Born - 24 Dec 1875 - New Berlin, Union, Pennsylvania, United States Birth - - , Ontario, Canada Website - photograph - - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Medical ? - 1901 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Feb 1937 - Bonners Ferry, Boundary, Idaho, United States Buried - - Grandview Cemtery, Bonners Ferry, Boundary, Idaho, United States  = Link to Google Earth