JASON WENT HOME TO HIS MOM AND DAD ON JUNE 3 AFTER A SHORT BUT FIERCE BATTLE WITH CANCER.

JASON WAS THE SON OF LINDA FRY (WICKMAN) AND JAMES FRY. HE ARRIVED AT 10LBS ON APRIL 18, 1970, MAKING HIM THE YOUNGER AND "BIGGER" BROTHER TO SCOTT CURTIS, SHAWN CURTIS, SHARRON FRY AND KAREN FRY.

HE GREW UP IN A HOUSE FULL OF FAMILY AND LOVE IN ADDYSTON OHIO, ATTENDED ADDYSTON SCHOOL, THREE RIVERS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL IN 1988.

JASON LOVED ART AND MUSIC AND PARTICIPATED IN THE BAND, LATER HE PLAYED IN THE ALUMNI BAND WHERE HE ENJOYED RE-CONNECTING WITH OLD FRIENDS.

JASON ATTENDED THE ANTONELLI ART INSTITUTE WHERE HE EARNED A DEGREE IN ART & PHOTOGRAPHY.

HE LOVED HIS TIME AS A PHOTOGRAPHER ON THE DELTA QUEEN RIVERBOAT AND A BRIEF STINT ON THE AMERICAN QUEEN.

JASON LATER SETTLED INTO A CAREER IN RETAIL MERCHANDISING WHERE ENJOYED THE TRAVEL, INTERACTION WITH FAMILY BUSINESS OWNERS AND BEING "OUTSIDE" SEEING THE WORLD AROUND US, HE WAS A VERY PROUD BUCKEYE!

STARTING IN HIS LATE 20'S JASON BEGAN A PART TIME CAREER AS A "BOUNCER" AT VARIOUS CLUBS IN THE TRI-STATE. HE WAS AFFECTIONATLEY KNOWN BY MANY AS "JAY-BEAR".

HE SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME LOOKING OUT FOR OTHERS AND KEEPING THE PEACE AT "THE WAREHOUSE BAR/CLUB" WHERE HE FOUND MOST OF HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS AND BECAME PART OF A VERY TIGHT CIRCLE OF FRIENDS WHO HE LOVED AND CARED GREATLY FOR. THEY WERE ONE OF HIS GREATEST GIFTS TO HIMSELF.

JASON WAS A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF ADDYSTON AND HE SERVED ON CITY COUNCIL TO DO HIS PART TO HELP PRESERVE AND IMPROVE THE VILLAGE HE PROUDLY CALLED HOME.

JASON NEVER MARRIED OR HAD CHILDREN BUT HE WAS CONSIDERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM AS A GREAT FRIEND, UNCLE, BROTHER AND IN SOME CASES AS A FATHER/PROVIDER.

HE WAS A KIND, CARING AND GIVING PERSON WITH A HUGE HEART AND A GIFT FOR FINDING AND PROTECTING THOSE IN NEED.

JASON IS SURVIVED BY HIS SIBLINGS SCOTT CURTIS, SHARRON FRY (DiMARIO),SHAWN CURTIS (QUANA) AND KAREN FRY.

HE WILL BE MISSED BY MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND FRIENDS AS WELL AS HIS BELOVED CATS.

IN KEEPING WITH HIS GIVING NATURE JASON GENEROUSLY DONATED HIS BODY TO SCIENCE.

JASON WILL BE MISSED BY ALL WHO WERE BLESSED TO KNOW HIM.

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE.

PLEASE SHARE MEMORIES AND PICTURES OF JASON AS WE ARE CERTAIN HE IS EXCITED TO SEE THEM!