CLARENCE FRY DEAD
April 11, 1912 Manning Monitor
The entire community was shocked when it was told Wednesday that Mr. And Mrs. John Loeltz returning from a visit from Wall Lake had found Clarence Fry dead in an upstairs room, the room where Mrs. Fry deceased had some things stored. A short time ago he returned home from Rose, Kansas. He no doubt intended to pass on through Manning for he left his grips at the depot.

For several days he remained at a local hotel or worked about town. Something seemed to rest heavily on his mind and he was less sociable than usual.

Tuesday afternoon he went to the old home place climbed the stairs to the room where his mother's goods were stored, locked the door and after writing a few lines took a shot gun and placed the muzzle against his breast and ended his life.

Clarence Fry was a young man about 22 years of age, of good parents and well educated. He was of a jolly disposition and a good workman. In his pocket he carried $18 and a deposit slip for $60. Why he did such a thing no one knows. He was extremely nervous and it is supposed that he never thought of ending his life till he saw his dead mother's things and a gun near by. The coroner held an inquest and the verdict was suicide. Fry left the following lines: Following is the note - "Leave Ellen Hoesley divide up all the jewelry and have charge of our parent's keepsakes as she knows what the things are and to what boys they belong to. The boxes, trunks, watches rings and the things that are stored away here. Two grips are at, the Great Western depot, and Mr. Emmons has the insurance policy. Ellen Hoesley will know all about the things, etc., in the trunk. Mr. Emmons, cousin Ellen and uncle Frank Stribe will know about the little boys."

"There is money in the vest pocket and a certificate of deposit, also have horse and buggy at Hartley, Iowa. Uncle Frank Schumaker and Mr. Emmons will know about it and help the boys. Ellen Hoesley will save things for the little boys."
Clarence Fry. The funeral will be held from the Presbyterian Church Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

April 18, 1912
CLARENCE E. FRY
Clarence E. Fry was born near Manning, Iowa, on the 12th day of November 1890, and died in Manning, Iowa, on the 9th day of April, 1912 aged 21 years, 4 months and 28 days. His parents were Samuel F. Fry and Alice M. Fry nee Stribe. When quite young his parents moved to Manning and in 1897 a little daughter and sister Lillian Alice, preceded her parents and brother to the spirit world.

Soon afterward his parents moved to Hartley, Iowa. Later they left Iowa and for a short time lived in southern California from which place they returned to Geneva, Nebraska, where the family suffered a bereavement in the loss of the husband and father. Mrs. Fry and her children then came to Manning, Iowa, where they made their home until the death of the mother, which occurred on the 12th day of March 1910. Since which time the family consisting of Clarence, and two younger brothers, Harold and Wesley, have been scattered, Harold making his home with his uncle, Frank R. Stribe at Hartley, Iowa, and Wesley making his home with relatives and friends and is now living with the family of Mr. J.H. Wiese of northeast Manning.

Clarence was educated in the public schools of the various towns in which his parents resided and graduated from the Manning schools with the class of 1909. Before and after graduating he taught for a time in the rural schools of Nebraska and Iowa. He later began working on a farm at which occupation he continued until the fall of 1910, when he began to attend the Iowa Agricultural College at Ames, where he continued until the beginning of the holiday vacation, returning to Manning on account of failing eyesight. After a rest of a couple of months he began working on a farm near Manning and continued said occupation for a number of months, and later engaged as a farm hand near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Rose, Kansas.

On Thursday April 4th he returned to Manning and went to the home of Orrin W. Emmons, the guardian of his estate where he remained until the following Monday, when taking his grips he started in search of a boarding place for a couple of weeks to rest and take medical treatment from Dr. Wyatt, whom he had consulted on the same day that he came to Manning. He seems to have secured a boarding place at the Manning Hotel where he went Monday night, and remained until after dinner Tuesday.

His body was found in an upper room of the family residence amid the trunks and household belongings of his late mother, by Mrs. J.H. Loeltz upon her return from a short visit on the afternoon of April the tenth.

No immediate cause is known for his untimely end. Upon his person was found a certificate of deposit issued by a Manning bank under date of April 6, in the sum of $55.00 and 28.17 in currency and silver. He was heir to one third of his mother's estate and as such was the owner of nearly $2000.00 worth of property all of which is invested in Manning real estate and in first mortgages on land situated in Carroll and Audubon Counties. It is supposed that he became insane from brooding over past, events and because of supposed ill health. He gave no indication of the rash act consummated.

To mourn his unfortunate death he left two brothers, Harold and Wesley, aged twelve and nine respectively; two uncles, George Stribe of Manning, and Frank R. Stribe, of Hartley, Iowa, and their families; one aunt, Anna Schumaker, wife of F.L. Schumaker, of Sioux City, Iowa; a number of cousins, among whom are Ellen and Elsie Hoesley, of Manning, Emma of Correctionville, Iowa, Henry of Spokane, Washington, Fred of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada, and Frank of Timber Lake. South Dakota.

The immediate relatives on the father's side are James Fry and Mrs. Anna Williams, uncle and aunt residing in Kansas.

Clarence was a young man of good habits and character and was esteemed by all who knew him.

The funeral services were held Friday afternoon from the residence of Orrin W. Emmons, and at the Presbyterian Church, Rev. E.B. Scoggan spoke fitting words of consolation to the assembled relatives and friends from the text, "Now we see as through a glass darkly, but then face to face." Appropriate music was rendered by a selected choir consisting of Mssers Halford and Patton, and Mesdames Sutherland, Carpenter, McCullough, Moershell and Sweger.

The out of town relatives attending were Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schumaker and Ralph Stribe and Harold Fry of Hartley.

Interment was in the Manning Cemetery by the side of the parents and baby sister where in the grave covered with the floral offerings of relatives and friends the body will sleep until the resurrection morn when no longer will the vision be obscured but all will see him face to face.


Clarence Fry is buried in the Manning City Cemetery.
Section C Row #33 north - south.