Gerald Allan Frazier graduated from BYU in 1962 with a bachelor's degree in journalism. He served on the Banyan yearbook staff as art editor, copy editor, assistant editor and twice as the editor-in-chief.

Gerald was a member of the Gold Y Chapter of Intercollegiate Knights, a national service fraternity, and was named to the Sigma Delta Chi Professional Journalistic Society.

Graduation from BYU and going to school an additional year preceded Gerald's taking his first job as a general assignment reporter for the Arizona Republic newspaper in Phoenix in September 1963.

Beginning July 1, 1964, He began working at Arizona State University for an extended period lasting almost 19 years. There he worked with elected student body officers and student boards and as advisor to the Sahuaro Yearbook for 8 years and the ASU cheerleaders for 16 of those years. The last seven years at ASU he worked as assistant to the Dean of Students.

After leaving ASU in 1983, he became a licensed stockbroker with Dominick & Dominick in Mesa working for an old college roommate, Paul Williams. He became a sales associate in 1990 at Dillards Department Store at the Mesa, Arizona Fiesta Mall. He left both after living in Arizona 40 years when he retired for the first time in the summer of 2002 and moved back to Utah.

Almost immediately a close friend, Rich Bishop, who was Director of Financial Aid at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain invited him back to work where he was a financial aid counselor until June 2012, when he retired for the second time and moved back to Utah.

He is survived by two sisters, one sister-in law in addition to 18 nieces and nephews, numerous great and great, great nieces and nephews, and many beloved friends.

Graveside services and a Celebration of Life were held on February 6, 2026.