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Mary Virginia Frye (1918-2008)

FRYE, THOMSEN, WEINTRAUB

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 6/21/2008 at 11:17:33

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Friday, June 20, 2008.

Mary Virginia Frye died Tuesday, June 17, at Green Hills Health Care Center, Ames.

Mary Virginia Frye was born Jan. 26, 1918, in West Bend to Ethel (Henry) and Arnold L. Frye. Known most of her life as Ginny, she grew up and was educated in Illinois, graduating from Bradley University in 1940. Following college, she taught for three years in public school and served 10 years as a Red Cross recreation director in military hospitals. Graduate study brought her to the University of Illinois, where she received master's and doctorate degrees in 1964. She was on the faculty for 15 years. In 1970, she returned to Iowa to develop a program in leisure studies at Iowa State University. She has been published widely in professional journals and authored a book, "Therapeutic Recreation: Its Theory, Philosophy and Practice." In 1981, she retired, moved to Green Hills Retirement Community in Ames and began to enjoy activities of the leisure class. She traveled globally and enjoyed visiting friends and relatives, bridge, concerts, and other community events. She volunteered with Brunnier Art Museum and the Farm House Museum, worked with foreign staff and students at the university and also at Mary Greeley Medical Center. She was a member of Collegiate Presbyterian Church and Chapter HO of P.E.O.

She leaves a nephew and his wife, Tom and Kit Thomsen; two grand nieces; one grand nephew; eight great-grand nieces and nephews; and one niece, Mary Thomsen, and her husband, Harold Weintraub.

A service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 21, at Collegiate Presbyterian Church.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Reiman Gardens, 1407 University Blvd., Ames, IA, 50011, or Collegiate Presbyterian Church, 159 N. Sheldon Ave., Ames, IA, 50014.

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