This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Frye, Killian, Siverling, Benzmiller Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/2237 Message Board Post: Victor P. Frye, 92, died Sept. 29, 2002 Victor P. Frye, 92, of Chippewa Falls died Sunday, Sept. 29, at the Rutledge Home. He was born Oct. 30, 1909, in the town of Trimbelle, Pierce County, the son of Peter and Lena (Killian) Frye, and attended St. Francis Seminary in St. Francis through his sophomore year. On Nov. 28, 1935, in Bloomer, he was married to Lillian Siverling. During World War II he entered the U.S. Army in November 1943 and served with the 65th Infantry Division in Germany and was honorably discharged in February 1946. After the war he returned to Chippewa Falls and was employed by the A.C. Mason Co. and General Supply. Starting in 1950 he owned and operated Chippewa Auto Parts until his partial retirement in 1972, after which he worked part time at John's Auto Parts until he fully retired in 1994. He was an avid hunter, fisherman and conservationist and was the first to receive the Wisconsin Bowhunter Association's Life Time Achievement Award. He also was a member of the Chippewa Rod & Gun Club and edited its newsletter for more than 30 years. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. He also was a member of Notre Dame Church. Survivors are four nephews, Howard, Herbert, Elton and Jerome Frye, all of Hudson, and his wife's nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Lillian; two brothers, Edmund and the Rev. Sylvester Frye; and a sister, Sister M. Rosalie. Funeral services were Wednesday, Oct. 2, at Notre Dame Church in Chippewa Falls with the Rev. James Benzmiller officiating. Burial was in Forest Hills Cemetery. © 2003 Hudson Star-Observer - Reposted by permission http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=6570&SectionID=33&SubSectionID=103&S=1