From Schaeffer Funeral Home:
Norbert A. Fritz of Fredericksburg, Texas passed away at his home on Monday, October 31st, 2016 at the age of 95 years. He was born in Tivydale Community, Gillespie County, Texas one of twelve children of Emil A. Fritz, Sr. and Minna Tatsch Fritz, married Alene Imogen Wendel on May 26th, 1946 in Zion Lutheran Church, in Kerrville, Texas.
Preceded in death by his parents, his wife Alene, seven brothers, William; James; Edgar; Reuben; Emil Jr.; Calvin; and Clinton Fritz, three sisters, Leola, Mrs. Milton Kramer; Elsie, Mrs. George Kajimura; and Minnie, Mrs. John Camacho Sr.
Mr. Fritz is survived by one daughter, Sharon Fritz of Fredericksburg, and one son and spouse, Jayson & Jan Fritz of Fredericksburg, grandchildren, Stephen Jung; Victoria Price; Nicholas Jung; Ariana Carruth; and Sean Fritz, and nine great grandchildren, sister & spouse, Doris & Robert Rahm of Hye, Texas, sisters in laws, Mae Priess of Fredericksburg and Carolyn Sue Smith of San Antonio
Vigil services will be held on Wednesday evening at 6:00 P. M. in the Schaetter Funeral Home in Fredericksburg.
Mass of the resurrection will be celebrated on Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. in the St. Mary’s Church in Fredericksburg, with Monsignor Enda McKenna officiating.
Graveside services in interment will follow in the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Fredericksburg.
Those who so desire may make memorial contributions in his memory to the Hill Country Memorial Hospice.
Visitation will be on Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 7:00 P.M. and on Thursday morning from 7 to 9:45 A.M. in the Schaetter Funeral Home in Fredericksburg.
Arrangements are by the Schaetter Funeral Home
Expressions of sympathy may be sent at www.schaetter.com
∼PATRIARCH OF THREE GENERATIONS OF BROADCASTERS, NORBERT FRITZ PASSED AWAY MONDAY OCT 31st AT THE AGE OF 95.
NORBERT FRITZ SERVED IN WWII AS A RADAR ENGINEER THAT WOULD GIVE HIM HIS START IN RADIO BROADCASTING.
EDUCATED BY THE ARMY AIR CORPS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, HE WOULD GO ON TO EARN SEVEN BRONZE STARS DURING THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC. HAVING LEFT SAN FRANCISCO WITH LAST POSTING BEING YOKOHAMA JAPAN.
GETTING HIS START A KCTI 1450 IN GONZALES TEXAS, HE AND HIS LATE WIFE ALENE WOULD GO ON TO OWN OR OPERATE KNAF, KNAF-FM, KMBS-FM, KFAN-FM, KONO AM&FM AND KEEP-FM AND OVERSAW THE BUILDING OF KERV KERRVILE IN 1948. IN THE LATE 60S HE WOULD BRING THE FIRST HIGH POWERED FM TO THE HILL COUNTRY.
IN ADDITION TO BEING A BROADCASTER, HE WAS A PIONEER IN CABLE TELEVISION, HAVING BEEN A CO-FOUNDER OF FREDERICKSBURG CABLE CORP.
BEING ONE OF THE FEW IN THE STATE OF OPERATE A CASSCADE MICROWAVE STATION TO BRING IN DISTANCE TV STATIONS.
FROM 1959 HE WAS IN THE CATTLE BUSINESS, AND SINCE 1971 THE CHAROLAIS CATTLE BUSINESS WITH RANCHES IN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO AS A TOP TEN BREEDER IN THE COUNTRY. HORSES WERE PART OF HIS LIFE AS WELL, AS A CONNEMARA BREEDER IN THE 1960S.
HE ALSO LOVED HUNTING AND WAS A COMPETITIVE SHOOTER AND IS A MEMBER OF THE GILLESPIE COUNTY SCHUENTZEN BUND HALL OF FAME.
Interment in St. Mary's Cemetery in Fredericksburg.
Published in Express-News on Nov. 3, 2016
Norbert A. Fritz of Fredericksburg, Texas passed away at his home on Monday, October 31st, 2016 at the age of 95 years. He was born in Tivydale Community, Gillespie County, Texas one of twelve children of Emil A. Fritz, Sr. and Minna Tatsch Fritz, married Alene Imogen Wendel on May 26th, 1946 in Zion Lutheran Church, in Kerrville, Texas.
Preceded in death by his parents, his wife Alene, seven brothers, William; James; Edgar; Reuben; Emil Jr.; Calvin; and Clinton Fritz, three sisters, Leola, Mrs. Milton Kramer; Elsie, Mrs. George Kajimura; and Minnie, Mrs. John Camacho Sr.
Mr. Fritz is survived by one daughter, Sharon Fritz of Fredericksburg, and one son and spouse, Jayson & Jan Fritz of Fredericksburg, grandchildren, Stephen Jung; Victoria Price; Nicholas Jung; Ariana Carruth; and Sean Fritz, and nine great grandchildren, sister & spouse, Doris & Robert Rahm of Hye, Texas, sisters in laws, Mae Priess of Fredericksburg and Carolyn Sue Smith of San Antonio
Vigil services will be held on Wednesday evening at 6:00 P. M. in the Schaetter Funeral Home in Fredericksburg.
Mass of the resurrection will be celebrated on Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. in the St. Mary’s Church in Fredericksburg, with Monsignor Enda McKenna officiating.
Graveside services in interment will follow in the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Fredericksburg.
Those who so desire may make memorial contributions in his memory to the Hill Country Memorial Hospice.
Visitation will be on Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 7:00 P.M. and on Thursday morning from 7 to 9:45 A.M. in the Schaetter Funeral Home in Fredericksburg.
Arrangements are by the Schaetter Funeral Home
Expressions of sympathy may be sent at www.schaetter.com
∼PATRIARCH OF THREE GENERATIONS OF BROADCASTERS, NORBERT FRITZ PASSED AWAY MONDAY OCT 31st AT THE AGE OF 95.
NORBERT FRITZ SERVED IN WWII AS A RADAR ENGINEER THAT WOULD GIVE HIM HIS START IN RADIO BROADCASTING.
EDUCATED BY THE ARMY AIR CORPS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, HE WOULD GO ON TO EARN SEVEN BRONZE STARS DURING THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC. HAVING LEFT SAN FRANCISCO WITH LAST POSTING BEING YOKOHAMA JAPAN.
GETTING HIS START A KCTI 1450 IN GONZALES TEXAS, HE AND HIS LATE WIFE ALENE WOULD GO ON TO OWN OR OPERATE KNAF, KNAF-FM, KMBS-FM, KFAN-FM, KONO AM&FM AND KEEP-FM AND OVERSAW THE BUILDING OF KERV KERRVILE IN 1948. IN THE LATE 60S HE WOULD BRING THE FIRST HIGH POWERED FM TO THE HILL COUNTRY.
IN ADDITION TO BEING A BROADCASTER, HE WAS A PIONEER IN CABLE TELEVISION, HAVING BEEN A CO-FOUNDER OF FREDERICKSBURG CABLE CORP.
BEING ONE OF THE FEW IN THE STATE OF OPERATE A CASSCADE MICROWAVE STATION TO BRING IN DISTANCE TV STATIONS.
FROM 1959 HE WAS IN THE CATTLE BUSINESS, AND SINCE 1971 THE CHAROLAIS CATTLE BUSINESS WITH RANCHES IN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO AS A TOP TEN BREEDER IN THE COUNTRY. HORSES WERE PART OF HIS LIFE AS WELL, AS A CONNEMARA BREEDER IN THE 1960S.
HE ALSO LOVED HUNTING AND WAS A COMPETITIVE SHOOTER AND IS A MEMBER OF THE GILLESPIE COUNTY SCHUENTZEN BUND HALL OF FAME.
Interment in St. Mary's Cemetery in Fredericksburg.
Published in Express-News on Nov. 3, 2016
From Schaeffer Funeral Home:
Norbert A. Fritz of Fredericksburg, Texas passed away at his home on Monday, October 31st, 2016 at the age of 95 years. He was born in Tivydale Community, Gillespie County, Texas one of twelve children of Emil A. Fritz, Sr. and Minna Tatsch Fritz, married Alene Imogen Wendel on May 26th, 1946 in Zion Lutheran Church, in Kerrville, Texas.
Preceded in death by his parents, his wife Alene, seven brothers, William; James; Edgar; Reuben; Emil Jr.; Calvin; and Clinton Fritz, three sisters, Leola, Mrs. Milton Kramer; Elsie, Mrs. George Kajimura; and Minnie, Mrs. John Camacho Sr.
Mr. Fritz is survived by one daughter, Sharon Fritz of Fredericksburg, and one son and spouse, Jayson & Jan Fritz of Fredericksburg, grandchildren, Stephen Jung; Victoria Price; Nicholas Jung; Ariana Carruth; and Sean Fritz, and nine great grandchildren, sister & spouse, Doris & Robert Rahm of Hye, Texas, sisters in laws, Mae Priess of Fredericksburg and Carolyn Sue Smith of San Antonio
Vigil services will be held on Wednesday evening at 6:00 P. M. in the Schaetter Funeral Home in Fredericksburg.
Mass of the resurrection will be celebrated on Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. in the St. Mary’s Church in Fredericksburg, with Monsignor Enda McKenna officiating.
Graveside services in interment will follow in the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Fredericksburg.
Those who so desire may make memorial contributions in his memory to the Hill Country Memorial Hospice.
Visitation will be on Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 7:00 P.M. and on Thursday morning from 7 to 9:45 A.M. in the Schaetter Funeral Home in Fredericksburg.
Arrangements are by the Schaetter Funeral Home
Expressions of sympathy may be sent at www.schaetter.com
∼PATRIARCH OF THREE GENERATIONS OF BROADCASTERS, NORBERT FRITZ PASSED AWAY MONDAY OCT 31st AT THE AGE OF 95.
NORBERT FRITZ SERVED IN WWII AS A RADAR ENGINEER THAT WOULD GIVE HIM HIS START IN RADIO BROADCASTING.
EDUCATED BY THE ARMY AIR CORPS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, HE WOULD GO ON TO EARN SEVEN BRONZE STARS DURING THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC. HAVING LEFT SAN FRANCISCO WITH LAST POSTING BEING YOKOHAMA JAPAN.
GETTING HIS START A KCTI 1450 IN GONZALES TEXAS, HE AND HIS LATE WIFE ALENE WOULD GO ON TO OWN OR OPERATE KNAF, KNAF-FM, KMBS-FM, KFAN-FM, KONO AM&FM AND KEEP-FM AND OVERSAW THE BUILDING OF KERV KERRVILE IN 1948. IN THE LATE 60S HE WOULD BRING THE FIRST HIGH POWERED FM TO THE HILL COUNTRY.
IN ADDITION TO BEING A BROADCASTER, HE WAS A PIONEER IN CABLE TELEVISION, HAVING BEEN A CO-FOUNDER OF FREDERICKSBURG CABLE CORP.
BEING ONE OF THE FEW IN THE STATE OF OPERATE A CASSCADE MICROWAVE STATION TO BRING IN DISTANCE TV STATIONS.
FROM 1959 HE WAS IN THE CATTLE BUSINESS, AND SINCE 1971 THE CHAROLAIS CATTLE BUSINESS WITH RANCHES IN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO AS A TOP TEN BREEDER IN THE COUNTRY. HORSES WERE PART OF HIS LIFE AS WELL, AS A CONNEMARA BREEDER IN THE 1960S.
HE ALSO LOVED HUNTING AND WAS A COMPETITIVE SHOOTER AND IS A MEMBER OF THE GILLESPIE COUNTY SCHUENTZEN BUND HALL OF FAME.
Interment in St. Mary's Cemetery in Fredericksburg.
Published in Express-News on Nov. 3, 2016
Norbert A. Fritz of Fredericksburg, Texas passed away at his home on Monday, October 31st, 2016 at the age of 95 years. He was born in Tivydale Community, Gillespie County, Texas one of twelve children of Emil A. Fritz, Sr. and Minna Tatsch Fritz, married Alene Imogen Wendel on May 26th, 1946 in Zion Lutheran Church, in Kerrville, Texas.
Preceded in death by his parents, his wife Alene, seven brothers, William; James; Edgar; Reuben; Emil Jr.; Calvin; and Clinton Fritz, three sisters, Leola, Mrs. Milton Kramer; Elsie, Mrs. George Kajimura; and Minnie, Mrs. John Camacho Sr.
Mr. Fritz is survived by one daughter, Sharon Fritz of Fredericksburg, and one son and spouse, Jayson & Jan Fritz of Fredericksburg, grandchildren, Stephen Jung; Victoria Price; Nicholas Jung; Ariana Carruth; and Sean Fritz, and nine great grandchildren, sister & spouse, Doris & Robert Rahm of Hye, Texas, sisters in laws, Mae Priess of Fredericksburg and Carolyn Sue Smith of San Antonio
Vigil services will be held on Wednesday evening at 6:00 P. M. in the Schaetter Funeral Home in Fredericksburg.
Mass of the resurrection will be celebrated on Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. in the St. Mary’s Church in Fredericksburg, with Monsignor Enda McKenna officiating.
Graveside services in interment will follow in the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Fredericksburg.
Those who so desire may make memorial contributions in his memory to the Hill Country Memorial Hospice.
Visitation will be on Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 7:00 P.M. and on Thursday morning from 7 to 9:45 A.M. in the Schaetter Funeral Home in Fredericksburg.
Arrangements are by the Schaetter Funeral Home
Expressions of sympathy may be sent at www.schaetter.com
∼PATRIARCH OF THREE GENERATIONS OF BROADCASTERS, NORBERT FRITZ PASSED AWAY MONDAY OCT 31st AT THE AGE OF 95.
NORBERT FRITZ SERVED IN WWII AS A RADAR ENGINEER THAT WOULD GIVE HIM HIS START IN RADIO BROADCASTING.
EDUCATED BY THE ARMY AIR CORPS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, HE WOULD GO ON TO EARN SEVEN BRONZE STARS DURING THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC. HAVING LEFT SAN FRANCISCO WITH LAST POSTING BEING YOKOHAMA JAPAN.
GETTING HIS START A KCTI 1450 IN GONZALES TEXAS, HE AND HIS LATE WIFE ALENE WOULD GO ON TO OWN OR OPERATE KNAF, KNAF-FM, KMBS-FM, KFAN-FM, KONO AM&FM AND KEEP-FM AND OVERSAW THE BUILDING OF KERV KERRVILE IN 1948. IN THE LATE 60S HE WOULD BRING THE FIRST HIGH POWERED FM TO THE HILL COUNTRY.
IN ADDITION TO BEING A BROADCASTER, HE WAS A PIONEER IN CABLE TELEVISION, HAVING BEEN A CO-FOUNDER OF FREDERICKSBURG CABLE CORP.
BEING ONE OF THE FEW IN THE STATE OF OPERATE A CASSCADE MICROWAVE STATION TO BRING IN DISTANCE TV STATIONS.
FROM 1959 HE WAS IN THE CATTLE BUSINESS, AND SINCE 1971 THE CHAROLAIS CATTLE BUSINESS WITH RANCHES IN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO AS A TOP TEN BREEDER IN THE COUNTRY. HORSES WERE PART OF HIS LIFE AS WELL, AS A CONNEMARA BREEDER IN THE 1960S.
HE ALSO LOVED HUNTING AND WAS A COMPETITIVE SHOOTER AND IS A MEMBER OF THE GILLESPIE COUNTY SCHUENTZEN BUND HALL OF FAME.
Interment in St. Mary's Cemetery in Fredericksburg.
Published in Express-News on Nov. 3, 2016
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