Maude Gertrude Smith was the middle child of 13 children born to George and Gertrude Smith. She was born on October 1, 1903 in Parry Sound, Ontario.

She married Ernest Fry. In 1940 Ernest was a mechanic, worked for Hydro in 1949 and was retired by 1968 when they lived at 12 Athalone Road in East York, Ontario.

Ernest died in 1985. Maude died on November 17, 1987 in Toronto. She is buried in Prospect Cemetery along with her mother, and her sister Ida and family.