Barbara Lou Fryan
Barbara Lou Fryan
Barbara Lou Fryan passed very peacefully the morning of March 26, 2025. She was born in Alliance, Ohio, and attended school and Science Hill United Church of Christ with her four siblings. She moved to California with her husband Richard in 1960. She had two sons, Richard and Michael, to whom she was a great and loving mother. She was also the proud and loving grandmother to six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Barbara became a schoolyard monitor for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) when the boys started grade school. She was a scorekeeper for several years for the boys’ little league baseball teams. She also became a LAUSD Cafeteria Manager from which she retired.
In 2002, Barbara moved to Quail Creek in Green Valley, Ariz. She enjoyed her 22 years in Arizona, where she became interested in mountain climbing and bicycling and attended football and softball games at the University of Arizona. She was a longtime member of the Quail Creek quilting club, meeting and acquiring many longtime friends. She enjoyed working on the many projects that the club was involved in, donating to the Ronald McDonald’s House and other organizations that support children and adults in need. She is and will be remembered and missed.