Fry, Arlo W.

  Arlo W. Fry, 91, of Iowa City, died Thursday, March 4, 2010, at Mercy Hospice. The family will greet friends after 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service, where a memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. The Rev. John McKinstry will officiate. Burial will be in Memory Gardens. A luncheon will follow at the Kirkwood Room, which is adjacent to the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Iowa City Hospice or Mercy Hospital Foundation for Mercy Hospice.

Arlo was born March 2, 1919, near Frytown, the son of George and Nellie Crow Fry. On Aug. 5, 1955, he married Helen Alexander in Rock Island, Ill.

Arlo managed the APCO service station on Riverside Drive for 12 years and was later employed by the city of Iowa City Transit Department, where he was a driving instructor and bus driver. He served in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force as a staff sergeant and paratrooper during World War II and the Korean War.

Arlo and Helen have been longtime members of First Christian Church.

The family would like to extend their appreciation to Dr. Rod Zeitler, Mercy Hospice and the staff of Iowa City Hospice for their care and support.

Arlo is survived by his wife, Helen of Iowa City; their three children, Wayne (Vicky) Fry, and their children, Charlotte and Nicole, all of Washington, Iowa, Marjorie (Caz) Kotowski, and her children, Jana (Brent) Teale and John (Ashley) Lillis, all of Denver, Colo., and Allen (Susan) Fry, and his children, Sara (Dave) Anderson and Christopher (Beth) Fry, all of Iowa City; one great-grandson, Rowa Henry Anderson; and siblings, Earl Fry and George Fry, both of Kalona, Delores Paulsen of Iowa City and Daryl Fry of Leesburg, Fla.

Arlo was preceded in death by his parents, and two sisters, Allene Millice and Vera Semler.

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