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Freddy A. and Louise (Richman) Frye & Son

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Title

Freddy A. and Louise (Richman) Frye & Son

Subject

Frye, Frederick "Freddy" A. Sr. (1920-2010)
Frye, Louise Virginia Richman (1923-2003)
Frye, Frederick A. Jr. (ca 1944- )
Sailors - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County

Description

Photograph of Freddy Frye Sr. in his naval uniform with his wife, Louise (Richman) Frye and their first child, Frederick A. Frye, Jr. posed between them.

Freddy's parents were Andrew Worth Frye and Minnie Mae (Coffman) Frye. His wife, Louise, was the daughter of Walter Elliott and Lucy Virginia (Richard) Richman.

Frederick A. “Freddie” Frye and his wife were Woodstock residents. Together, they raised four children.

During the Second World War Freddy served in the US Navy as a Seabee.

He is remembered for having been the co-owner and manager of the Ideal Food Market located on Main Street, later the Woodstock IGA Grocery Store, from the 1950s through the 1980s.

The couple were married for more than sixty years when Louise died.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "June 1945".

Contributor

Identified in 2010 by Phyllis Wright who was a friend and who graduated from high school with Freddy Frye.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Frederick "Freddy" Frye, Sr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001461, 003142, 004655, 010761, 021946, 028573, and 030971.
Louise (Richman) Frye appears in 003552, 008413, 021946, 028573, and 030971.
Paperwork related to Frederick A. Frye's Navy discharge appears in Morrison Studio Collection number 026845 and 027152.
Frederick "Freddy" Frye, Jr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 021946 and 030971.

Identifier

021946

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citationzork

Morrison Studio, “Freddy A. and Louise (Richman) Frye & Son,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/51511.

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