Carol Ann Frye

Saturday afternoon, October 17, 2026, Carol Ann Frye of Amarillo, Texas, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ after 91 years.

Carol was born April 29, 1935, to Anna and Henry Janhsen of Wildorado, Texas, and was the eldest of their eight children. She grew up on her parents’ farm near Wildorado, graduated from Vega High School in 1953, and ventured off to Amarillo, Texas where she worked as a bookkeeper and met her husband Bill Frye of Amarillo, Texas, an electrical engineer. She and Bill were married on September 1, 1957, and they soon moved to Anchorage, Alaska (1959) for Bill’s job with the FAA where the first of their four children was born. Bill’s employer returned them to Amarillo the following year, but they moved again in 1966 to Los Alamos, New Mexico, for Bill’s new job at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory where they remained until Bill’s premature death in an airplane crash in May 1972.

Carol returned to Amarillo, TX in 1974, to raise her four children with the support system of her nearby relatives. She also raised her first granddaughter, providing unconditional love and substantial support. She worked for Mervyn’s department store for 15 years, retiring in 2000. She spent her retirement years in Amarillo in the company of her children, grandchildren, and siblings. Carol was an excellent cook and baker who enjoyed perusing recipes in her vast cookbook collection. She also enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and reading books and magazines about natural health remedies and wellness. She was an accomplished seamstress and a member of Trinity Lutheran Church for 52 years.

Carol is survived by her eldest daughter Judy Frye; her son, Mark, and his wife, Stephanie, and their children, Madison and Erin; her daughter Cindy Frye; her youngest son, Greg, and his wife, Melinda, and their children, Justin and his daughter Harper Frye, and Berkley and her husband Sheldon and their child Kinslee Thomas; her first grandchild, Jennifer Frye Shiller, and her husband, Patrick, and their children, Prescott and Harry; and sisters and brothers, Mary Kalbas, Elizabeth Hargrave, Henry Janhsen, John Janhsen, and Tim Janhsen.

Visitation is planned for Thursday, October 22, 2026, from 6pm to 7pm at Boxwell Brothers Funeral home located at 2800 Paramount Blvd, Amarillo, Texas, 79109. A graveside service is planned for 1:00 pm Friday, October 23, 2026, at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Canyon, Texas.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Trinity Lutheran Church, Amarillo, Texas.