Dr. Theodore "Ted" Fritsche, 97, of 715 Summit Avenue, New Ulm died Friday, December 5, 2003 at his home.
Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 8 at the United Church of Christ in New Ulm with Reverend Henry Campbell officiating. Burial with full military honors conducted by New Ulm Veterans Organizations will follow in the New Ulm City Cemetery. Visitation will be 3:00 6:00 p.m. Sunday and 7:00 8:30 a.m. Monday at Schmucker Funeral Service and one hour prior to services at the church.
Theodore Roosevelt Fritsche, the son of Dr. Louis and Amalia (Pfaender) Fritsche, was born October 23, 1906 in New Ulm. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1928 and his medical degree in 1930. He interned at Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco, and completed his residency at the Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary in Chicago, followed by additional training at Ancker Hospital in St. Paul. He was united in marriage to Lois Quast on February 20, 1935 in Tucson, Arizona. They moved to New Ulm where Dr. Ted began his practice that same year. Until 1960, he was an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, then specialized on the eye. He practiced at the Fritsche Clinic as well as both Loretto and Union Hospitals, retiring in 1984. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling, gardening and photography. Dr. Ted served as mayor of New Ulm from 1952-58, was President of the Minnesota Association of Mayors in 1957, a past Vice-President of the Minnesota Medical Association, a past President of the Minnesota Academy of Ophthalmology, a member of the Brown County Medical Society, American College of Surgeons, New Ulm Turnverein, Lions Club, Brown County Historical Society, Minnesota Historical Society, Junior Pioneers, and a founding member of the Preschool Survey of Vision and Hearing, Minnesota. In 1967 he received the Harold S. Diehl Award from the University of Minnesota, in 1972 the President's Award from the Minnesota Medical Association, in 1990 the Sertoma Award which he shared with his wife Lois, and in 1992 the German Federal Republic Cross of Merit (Das Verdienstkreuz).
Survivors include his wife Lois of New Ulm; daughters, Jane Fritsche Watson and her husband Tom of North Oaks, MN, Katherine Fritsche and her husband Roger Higgins of Ruffin, NC; sons, Dr. Theodore Fritsche and his wife Chris of Marshall, MN, and Dr. Thomas Fritsche and his wife Mary Jo of Cedar Rapids, IA; eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers,William, Albert and Carl; and sisters, Elsa Bond and Louise Menzel.
Memorials are preferred to the Vision Foundation of the University of Minnesota and the Brown County Historical Society.
(New Ulm Journal December 7, 2003)
Obituary: Ted Fritsche, Former Mayor of New Ulm
NEW ULM, MINN. -- Dr. Theodore Roosevelt (Ted) Fritsche, an ophthalmologist and member of a local medical dynasty who served as mayor of New Ulm, died Friday at his home. He was 97.
His grandparents on both sides were among New Ulm's founders, settling there in the 1850s. His father, Dr. Louis Fritsche, the first licensed physician in Minnesota, was elected mayor in 1912. He was removed from office by the state during World War I for alleged "pro-German propaganda," but but he was reelected in 1920.
When Ted Fritsche was born in 1906, his father named him after the U.S. president, whose policies he admired.
Ted Fritsche was one of four brothers who studied medicine and returned to New Ulm to join their father at what was known as the Fritsche Clinic. He received his medical degree at the University of Minnesota in 1931. He went to work in New Ulm in 1933 and retired in 1984 after 51 years of practice.
Fritsche served two terms as mayor, from 1952 to 1958, and as president of the Minnesota Mayors Association. He and his wife, Lois, helped found the sister-city relationship between New Ulm and the German cities of Ulm and Neu Ulm. He also helped start a student exchange program between the sister cities' Rotary Clubs. The Fritsches represented New Ulm at the 1,100th anniversary celebration of Ulm, Germany, in 1992.
Survivors include two sons, Ted Fritsche of Marshall and Tom Fritsche of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and two daughters, Jane Watson of North Oaks and Katherine Fritsche, of Ruffin, N.C. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at United Church of Christ, New Ulm.
(From the StarTribune.com)
Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 8 at the United Church of Christ in New Ulm with Reverend Henry Campbell officiating. Burial with full military honors conducted by New Ulm Veterans Organizations will follow in the New Ulm City Cemetery. Visitation will be 3:00 6:00 p.m. Sunday and 7:00 8:30 a.m. Monday at Schmucker Funeral Service and one hour prior to services at the church.
Theodore Roosevelt Fritsche, the son of Dr. Louis and Amalia (Pfaender) Fritsche, was born October 23, 1906 in New Ulm. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1928 and his medical degree in 1930. He interned at Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco, and completed his residency at the Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary in Chicago, followed by additional training at Ancker Hospital in St. Paul. He was united in marriage to Lois Quast on February 20, 1935 in Tucson, Arizona. They moved to New Ulm where Dr. Ted began his practice that same year. Until 1960, he was an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, then specialized on the eye. He practiced at the Fritsche Clinic as well as both Loretto and Union Hospitals, retiring in 1984. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling, gardening and photography. Dr. Ted served as mayor of New Ulm from 1952-58, was President of the Minnesota Association of Mayors in 1957, a past Vice-President of the Minnesota Medical Association, a past President of the Minnesota Academy of Ophthalmology, a member of the Brown County Medical Society, American College of Surgeons, New Ulm Turnverein, Lions Club, Brown County Historical Society, Minnesota Historical Society, Junior Pioneers, and a founding member of the Preschool Survey of Vision and Hearing, Minnesota. In 1967 he received the Harold S. Diehl Award from the University of Minnesota, in 1972 the President's Award from the Minnesota Medical Association, in 1990 the Sertoma Award which he shared with his wife Lois, and in 1992 the German Federal Republic Cross of Merit (Das Verdienstkreuz).
Survivors include his wife Lois of New Ulm; daughters, Jane Fritsche Watson and her husband Tom of North Oaks, MN, Katherine Fritsche and her husband Roger Higgins of Ruffin, NC; sons, Dr. Theodore Fritsche and his wife Chris of Marshall, MN, and Dr. Thomas Fritsche and his wife Mary Jo of Cedar Rapids, IA; eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers,William, Albert and Carl; and sisters, Elsa Bond and Louise Menzel.
Memorials are preferred to the Vision Foundation of the University of Minnesota and the Brown County Historical Society.
(New Ulm Journal December 7, 2003)
Obituary: Ted Fritsche, Former Mayor of New Ulm
NEW ULM, MINN. -- Dr. Theodore Roosevelt (Ted) Fritsche, an ophthalmologist and member of a local medical dynasty who served as mayor of New Ulm, died Friday at his home. He was 97.
His grandparents on both sides were among New Ulm's founders, settling there in the 1850s. His father, Dr. Louis Fritsche, the first licensed physician in Minnesota, was elected mayor in 1912. He was removed from office by the state during World War I for alleged "pro-German propaganda," but but he was reelected in 1920.
When Ted Fritsche was born in 1906, his father named him after the U.S. president, whose policies he admired.
Ted Fritsche was one of four brothers who studied medicine and returned to New Ulm to join their father at what was known as the Fritsche Clinic. He received his medical degree at the University of Minnesota in 1931. He went to work in New Ulm in 1933 and retired in 1984 after 51 years of practice.
Fritsche served two terms as mayor, from 1952 to 1958, and as president of the Minnesota Mayors Association. He and his wife, Lois, helped found the sister-city relationship between New Ulm and the German cities of Ulm and Neu Ulm. He also helped start a student exchange program between the sister cities' Rotary Clubs. The Fritsches represented New Ulm at the 1,100th anniversary celebration of Ulm, Germany, in 1992.
Survivors include two sons, Ted Fritsche of Marshall and Tom Fritsche of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and two daughters, Jane Watson of North Oaks and Katherine Fritsche, of Ruffin, N.C. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at United Church of Christ, New Ulm.
(From the StarTribune.com)
Dr. Theodore "Ted" Fritsche, 97, of 715 Summit Avenue, New Ulm died Friday, December 5, 2003 at his home.
Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 8 at the United Church of Christ in New Ulm with Reverend Henry Campbell officiating. Burial with full military honors conducted by New Ulm Veterans Organizations will follow in the New Ulm City Cemetery. Visitation will be 3:00 6:00 p.m. Sunday and 7:00 8:30 a.m. Monday at Schmucker Funeral Service and one hour prior to services at the church.
Theodore Roosevelt Fritsche, the son of Dr. Louis and Amalia (Pfaender) Fritsche, was born October 23, 1906 in New Ulm. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1928 and his medical degree in 1930. He interned at Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco, and completed his residency at the Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary in Chicago, followed by additional training at Ancker Hospital in St. Paul. He was united in marriage to Lois Quast on February 20, 1935 in Tucson, Arizona. They moved to New Ulm where Dr. Ted began his practice that same year. Until 1960, he was an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, then specialized on the eye. He practiced at the Fritsche Clinic as well as both Loretto and Union Hospitals, retiring in 1984. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling, gardening and photography. Dr. Ted served as mayor of New Ulm from 1952-58, was President of the Minnesota Association of Mayors in 1957, a past Vice-President of the Minnesota Medical Association, a past President of the Minnesota Academy of Ophthalmology, a member of the Brown County Medical Society, American College of Surgeons, New Ulm Turnverein, Lions Club, Brown County Historical Society, Minnesota Historical Society, Junior Pioneers, and a founding member of the Preschool Survey of Vision and Hearing, Minnesota. In 1967 he received the Harold S. Diehl Award from the University of Minnesota, in 1972 the President's Award from the Minnesota Medical Association, in 1990 the Sertoma Award which he shared with his wife Lois, and in 1992 the German Federal Republic Cross of Merit (Das Verdienstkreuz).
Survivors include his wife Lois of New Ulm; daughters, Jane Fritsche Watson and her husband Tom of North Oaks, MN, Katherine Fritsche and her husband Roger Higgins of Ruffin, NC; sons, Dr. Theodore Fritsche and his wife Chris of Marshall, MN, and Dr. Thomas Fritsche and his wife Mary Jo of Cedar Rapids, IA; eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers,William, Albert and Carl; and sisters, Elsa Bond and Louise Menzel.
Memorials are preferred to the Vision Foundation of the University of Minnesota and the Brown County Historical Society.
(New Ulm Journal December 7, 2003)
Obituary: Ted Fritsche, Former Mayor of New Ulm
NEW ULM, MINN. -- Dr. Theodore Roosevelt (Ted) Fritsche, an ophthalmologist and member of a local medical dynasty who served as mayor of New Ulm, died Friday at his home. He was 97.
His grandparents on both sides were among New Ulm's founders, settling there in the 1850s. His father, Dr. Louis Fritsche, the first licensed physician in Minnesota, was elected mayor in 1912. He was removed from office by the state during World War I for alleged "pro-German propaganda," but but he was reelected in 1920.
When Ted Fritsche was born in 1906, his father named him after the U.S. president, whose policies he admired.
Ted Fritsche was one of four brothers who studied medicine and returned to New Ulm to join their father at what was known as the Fritsche Clinic. He received his medical degree at the University of Minnesota in 1931. He went to work in New Ulm in 1933 and retired in 1984 after 51 years of practice.
Fritsche served two terms as mayor, from 1952 to 1958, and as president of the Minnesota Mayors Association. He and his wife, Lois, helped found the sister-city relationship between New Ulm and the German cities of Ulm and Neu Ulm. He also helped start a student exchange program between the sister cities' Rotary Clubs. The Fritsches represented New Ulm at the 1,100th anniversary celebration of Ulm, Germany, in 1992.
Survivors include two sons, Ted Fritsche of Marshall and Tom Fritsche of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and two daughters, Jane Watson of North Oaks and Katherine Fritsche, of Ruffin, N.C. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at United Church of Christ, New Ulm.
(From the StarTribune.com)
Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 8 at the United Church of Christ in New Ulm with Reverend Henry Campbell officiating. Burial with full military honors conducted by New Ulm Veterans Organizations will follow in the New Ulm City Cemetery. Visitation will be 3:00 6:00 p.m. Sunday and 7:00 8:30 a.m. Monday at Schmucker Funeral Service and one hour prior to services at the church.
Theodore Roosevelt Fritsche, the son of Dr. Louis and Amalia (Pfaender) Fritsche, was born October 23, 1906 in New Ulm. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1928 and his medical degree in 1930. He interned at Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco, and completed his residency at the Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary in Chicago, followed by additional training at Ancker Hospital in St. Paul. He was united in marriage to Lois Quast on February 20, 1935 in Tucson, Arizona. They moved to New Ulm where Dr. Ted began his practice that same year. Until 1960, he was an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, then specialized on the eye. He practiced at the Fritsche Clinic as well as both Loretto and Union Hospitals, retiring in 1984. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling, gardening and photography. Dr. Ted served as mayor of New Ulm from 1952-58, was President of the Minnesota Association of Mayors in 1957, a past Vice-President of the Minnesota Medical Association, a past President of the Minnesota Academy of Ophthalmology, a member of the Brown County Medical Society, American College of Surgeons, New Ulm Turnverein, Lions Club, Brown County Historical Society, Minnesota Historical Society, Junior Pioneers, and a founding member of the Preschool Survey of Vision and Hearing, Minnesota. In 1967 he received the Harold S. Diehl Award from the University of Minnesota, in 1972 the President's Award from the Minnesota Medical Association, in 1990 the Sertoma Award which he shared with his wife Lois, and in 1992 the German Federal Republic Cross of Merit (Das Verdienstkreuz).
Survivors include his wife Lois of New Ulm; daughters, Jane Fritsche Watson and her husband Tom of North Oaks, MN, Katherine Fritsche and her husband Roger Higgins of Ruffin, NC; sons, Dr. Theodore Fritsche and his wife Chris of Marshall, MN, and Dr. Thomas Fritsche and his wife Mary Jo of Cedar Rapids, IA; eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers,William, Albert and Carl; and sisters, Elsa Bond and Louise Menzel.
Memorials are preferred to the Vision Foundation of the University of Minnesota and the Brown County Historical Society.
(New Ulm Journal December 7, 2003)
Obituary: Ted Fritsche, Former Mayor of New Ulm
NEW ULM, MINN. -- Dr. Theodore Roosevelt (Ted) Fritsche, an ophthalmologist and member of a local medical dynasty who served as mayor of New Ulm, died Friday at his home. He was 97.
His grandparents on both sides were among New Ulm's founders, settling there in the 1850s. His father, Dr. Louis Fritsche, the first licensed physician in Minnesota, was elected mayor in 1912. He was removed from office by the state during World War I for alleged "pro-German propaganda," but but he was reelected in 1920.
When Ted Fritsche was born in 1906, his father named him after the U.S. president, whose policies he admired.
Ted Fritsche was one of four brothers who studied medicine and returned to New Ulm to join their father at what was known as the Fritsche Clinic. He received his medical degree at the University of Minnesota in 1931. He went to work in New Ulm in 1933 and retired in 1984 after 51 years of practice.
Fritsche served two terms as mayor, from 1952 to 1958, and as president of the Minnesota Mayors Association. He and his wife, Lois, helped found the sister-city relationship between New Ulm and the German cities of Ulm and Neu Ulm. He also helped start a student exchange program between the sister cities' Rotary Clubs. The Fritsches represented New Ulm at the 1,100th anniversary celebration of Ulm, Germany, in 1992.
Survivors include two sons, Ted Fritsche of Marshall and Tom Fritsche of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and two daughters, Jane Watson of North Oaks and Katherine Fritsche, of Ruffin, N.C. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at United Church of Christ, New Ulm.
(From the StarTribune.com)
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