On October 16th, Lee (Laryalee) Fraser passed away peacefully at Bastion Place at the age of 73.

In the seventies and eighties, Lee was a reporter and photographer for various newspapers throughout the area, including the Kamloops News and the Shuswap Market.

She then became a member of Chase Village Council for nine years,
including three years as mayor, 1993 to 1996.

She enjoyed volunteering for various causes, loved gardening, and for
several years she wrote poetry under the pen-name Laryalee Fraser. Her online friends know her as Lary. Click here to see her website, Along Poetry Creek.

See Laryalee’s poem Secrets of Niagara Falls