Geraldine R. "Gerry" Fraim

Geraldine R. “Gerry” Fraim, age 81, of Selma, died Friday, March 4, 2011 at her home.

Private interment was held at Deer Creek Cemetery. Illinois Valley Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

Remembrances may be made to any Humane Society.

Gerry was born October 8, 1929 in Plattsburg, Missouri to Harry Price Yost & Martha Elizabeth Fudge Yost. She attended schools in California. On September 15, 1951 she married Carroll Best Fraim. She was a homemaker. In 1968 she moved from Exeter, California to Selma, Oregon.

Gerry felt it was her mission to take care of God’s displaced animals. She was an animal lover, Christian woman, family provider, and friend.

Survivors include a daughter, Carol Lynn Fraim of Selma; a sister, Pauline Gilchrist of Arkansas; and two brothers, Wilmer Yost of Selma, Oregon and Tom Yost of Tulare, California.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Carroll Fraim in 1977 and a nephew that she raised, Ricky Lee Ball in 1986.