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Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily Independent
Saturday, 6 May 1961
POLK - Verl Fitz, 66, died Friday night in an Omaha hospital after a lingering illness. He had been associated with the circulation departments of newspapers for many years before his illness. He had lived for three years in Polk, where his wife is third grade teache.
The time for the funeral has not been set yet. Services will be held in Polk, conducted by the Rev. A. O. Johnson, pastor of the Methodist Church. Wall Funeral Home, Polk, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Fitz was born in Scranton, Ia., and graduated from Stuart, Ia., High School. He worked for the Lincoln Star, Lincoln, from 1931 to 1953. Before that he had been associated with papers in Des Moines, Ia., Wichita, Kan., and in Oklahoma. He was an accomplished artist and specialized in landscapes and western scenes. He had studied at the Art Institute in Chicago and has pictures in Joselyn Memorial, Omaha, and in Hotel Cornhusker, Lincoln. He was married May 29, 1930, in Indianola, Ia. He was a World War I veteran.
He is survived by his wife; and by two sons, David of Berkeley, Calif., and Don of Denver, Colo. The family suggests memorials to the cancer fund.
Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily Independent
Saturday, 6 May 1961
POLK - Verl Fitz, 66, died Friday night in an Omaha hospital after a lingering illness. He had been associated with the circulation departments of newspapers for many years before his illness. He had lived for three years in Polk, where his wife is third grade teache.
The time for the funeral has not been set yet. Services will be held in Polk, conducted by the Rev. A. O. Johnson, pastor of the Methodist Church. Wall Funeral Home, Polk, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Fitz was born in Scranton, Ia., and graduated from Stuart, Ia., High School. He worked for the Lincoln Star, Lincoln, from 1931 to 1953. Before that he had been associated with papers in Des Moines, Ia., Wichita, Kan., and in Oklahoma. He was an accomplished artist and specialized in landscapes and western scenes. He had studied at the Art Institute in Chicago and has pictures in Joselyn Memorial, Omaha, and in Hotel Cornhusker, Lincoln. He was married May 29, 1930, in Indianola, Ia. He was a World War I veteran.
He is survived by his wife; and by two sons, David of Berkeley, Calif., and Don of Denver, Colo. The family suggests memorials to the cancer fund.
Thanks to contributor #47466150
Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily Independent
Saturday, 6 May 1961
POLK - Verl Fitz, 66, died Friday night in an Omaha hospital after a lingering illness. He had been associated with the circulation departments of newspapers for many years before his illness. He had lived for three years in Polk, where his wife is third grade teache.
The time for the funeral has not been set yet. Services will be held in Polk, conducted by the Rev. A. O. Johnson, pastor of the Methodist Church. Wall Funeral Home, Polk, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Fitz was born in Scranton, Ia., and graduated from Stuart, Ia., High School. He worked for the Lincoln Star, Lincoln, from 1931 to 1953. Before that he had been associated with papers in Des Moines, Ia., Wichita, Kan., and in Oklahoma. He was an accomplished artist and specialized in landscapes and western scenes. He had studied at the Art Institute in Chicago and has pictures in Joselyn Memorial, Omaha, and in Hotel Cornhusker, Lincoln. He was married May 29, 1930, in Indianola, Ia. He was a World War I veteran.
He is survived by his wife; and by two sons, David of Berkeley, Calif., and Don of Denver, Colo. The family suggests memorials to the cancer fund.
Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily Independent
Saturday, 6 May 1961
POLK - Verl Fitz, 66, died Friday night in an Omaha hospital after a lingering illness. He had been associated with the circulation departments of newspapers for many years before his illness. He had lived for three years in Polk, where his wife is third grade teache.
The time for the funeral has not been set yet. Services will be held in Polk, conducted by the Rev. A. O. Johnson, pastor of the Methodist Church. Wall Funeral Home, Polk, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Fitz was born in Scranton, Ia., and graduated from Stuart, Ia., High School. He worked for the Lincoln Star, Lincoln, from 1931 to 1953. Before that he had been associated with papers in Des Moines, Ia., Wichita, Kan., and in Oklahoma. He was an accomplished artist and specialized in landscapes and western scenes. He had studied at the Art Institute in Chicago and has pictures in Joselyn Memorial, Omaha, and in Hotel Cornhusker, Lincoln. He was married May 29, 1930, in Indianola, Ia. He was a World War I veteran.
He is survived by his wife; and by two sons, David of Berkeley, Calif., and Don of Denver, Colo. The family suggests memorials to the cancer fund.
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