Marie R. Frye

Marie R. Frye, 79, of Bettendorf, died Thursday, October 8, 2009 at Trinity at Terrace Park, Bettendorf.
Funeral Services and Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:30 A.M., Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Bettendorf. Visitation will be from 4:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. Monday at McGinnis-Chambers Funeral Home in Bettendorf. A Christian Wake Service will be held at 4:30 P.M. on Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, Iowa. Memorials may be made to the church or to the Bettendorf Children’s Museum.
Marie was born February 2, 1930 in Numa, Iowa, the daughter of August & Rose (Kauzlarich) Tometich. A graduate of Numa High School, she was a member of the All-State Basketball Team who had placed second one year. She was united in marriage to John J. Frye on September 13, 1958 in Bartlett, Illinois. He preceded her in death on October 13, 1997.
She was employed in the office of Rockingham-Lunex Corporation in Pleasant Valley, Iowa for over 30 years, retiring in 1992. Her memberships included the Red Hat Ladies, the Evergreen Women’s Auxiliary at Our Lady of Lourdes and the American Business Women’s Association. She had also volunteered for the Bettendorf Children’s Museum, the Mississippi Valley Blood Center and the Festival of Trees.
Those left to honor her memory include her son and daughter-in-law, Patrick & Elizabeth Frye of Huber Heights, Ohio; her grandchildren, Daniel (Carla) Frye and Jonathan Frye; her great-granddaughters, Ashlynn and Aubrey; her sisters, Eve Reum, of San Angelo, Texas and Teress (Jim) Weber of San Juan Capistrano, California; her brother, Steve Tometich of Bettendorf; and her sister-in-law Jill Tometich, of Tracy, California.
In addition to her husband, John, Marie was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, August; her brother-n-law, Don Reum; and her sister-in-law, Barbara Tometich.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family by visiting Marie’s obituary at www.McGinnis-Chambers.com.