This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fryer, McPherson, Simmons, Mayfield, Reinken Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gUX.2ACEB/258 Message Board Post: Sarah Ellen Fryer, 71, St. Clair, died Monday, April 29, 2002, at Creve Coeur. She was born at Ripley, Tennessee, December 12, 1930, the daughter of Ollie McPherson and his wife Lucille, nee Spray. Mrs. Fryer received her education in the Gray Summit and Pacific area. On January 14, 1946, she was united in marriage to Vernon Fryer at Valley Park. They made their home in Ballwin and St. Louis county and moved to St. Clair in 1982. Mrs. Fryer had worked at Borg-Warner for 15 years. She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Pierce Raymond Fryer; and one sister,Sue Mayfield. Mrs. Fryer is survived by her husband, Vernon "Gene" Fryer, St. Clair; three sons, James David Fryer, Wildwood, Vernon "Bo" Fryer and wife Donna, Ballwin, and DeeLynn Fryer and wife Theresa, St. Clair; one daughter, Brenda Reinken and husband David,Pacific; two sisters, Dorothy Simmons and husband Lolard, Farmington, and Jean Mayfield, Pacific; one brother, Bill McPherson, Pacific; 15 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; nieces; nephews; other relatives and many friends. Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 1, at Oltmann Funeral Home, Union, with Rev. Russ Stigall officiating. Interment followed in the Hendrix Cemetery, Stanton. The Fryer family was served by Oltmann Funeral Home, Union. The Missourian Wednesday,May 8,2002 Sarah was known by her family as "Ellen"