Ann Fry

Published by admin on Thu, 09/18/2025 - 11:18am

Ann Mae Fry

Anna Mae (Jones) Fry died peacefully at home Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in Traverse City, MI where she was surrounded by the comfort of her family. The cause of death was heart failure.

Anna was born in Ventura, Iowa Feb. 10, 1925, to parents Hugh Ivan Jones and Elizabeth Margaret (Conroy) Jones. Anna moved to Detroit in 1943 and worked for the war effort in a GM factory. She married John Henry Fry in Detroit in 1945.

Anna is survived by two brothers: Chuck and Gary Jones, her children: Peggy, John, and Tom Fry, 4 grand children: Michael Thomas, Molly Thomas, Andrew Fry, and Alicia (Fry) Bennett, and 5 great grandchildren: Owen, Hailey, Charles, James, and Isobel. Anna is predeceased by: her husband John-1960, son Kenneth-1974, daughter Patricia-2023, siblings Mary, Melvin, Lawrence, Edwin, and Louise.

A celebration of her life will be sometime in the future both in Traverse City and Detroit. Many thanks to Munson Medical Center, Munson Hospice Care and Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home for their care and compassion.