Charity F. Fries, 99, of Scranton, ND, passed away on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at the Southwest Healthcare Long Term Center in Bowman.

Funeral Services for Charity will be at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 24, 2014 at the Peace Lutheran Church in Scranton. Pastor Mary Peterson will officiate with burial to follow in the Scranton Cemetery. Visitation for Charity will be on Sunday, November 23, 2014 from 10-9 at the Krebsbach and Kulseth Funeral Home Chapel.
Charity (Eide) Fries was born on October 8, 1915 in Marmarth, ND, the daughter of Theodore and Ethel (Riley) Eide. She graduated from Bowman High School in 1932 and attended Aberdeen Business School. Charity married Henry Fries on April 5, 1933. They had eleven children. She spent most of her life as a cook and raising her family. She enjoyed sewing, knitting, crocheting, playing cards, coffee with friends and spending time with her family. She was very active in the Historical Society.
Charity is survived by her children; Roy (Diane) Fries of Michigan, Jim (Tina) Fries of Michigan, Ethel (Dave) Kurth of Tennesse, Jack Fries of South Dakota, Bill (Lorraine) Fries of New Mexico, Tom Fries of North Dakota and Beverly (Willie) Kauffman of Wisconsin, one daughter-in-law; Kaye Fries of North Dakota; one brother, Riley (Karen) Eide of North Dakota; and numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Charity was preceded in death by her husband Henry, parents, Theodore and Ethel, sons, Theodore and Dick Fries, daughters, Dorothy Ranney and Jane Sarsland, grandchildren, Justin Sarsland, Julie Ranney, Michael Fries and Todd Fries, sister, Grace Eastman, brothers, LeRoy, Sidney, Lester and Theodore, one daughter-in-law, Shirley Fries, two sons-in-law, Donald Ranney and Willie Sarlsand.

Krebsbach and Kulseth Funeral Services in charge of the arrangements.