He was born Sept. 3, 1930, at Bartlesville , Okla., the son of James Paul and Bessie Ann Hill Pitzer.
He was a 1949 graduate of Hutchinson High School, former member of Loyal Order of the Moose #982, member of Eastwood Church of Christ, had been a self-employed salesman, mainly Kirby Vacuums, and retired farmer.
On Aug. 19, 1950, he married Evelyn E. Erb in Hutchinson. She survives.
Other survivors include: their children and spouses, Karleen Kroeker, Jay and Donna Pitzer, all of Hutchinson, Shelly and Robert Gibler of Lawrence; two brothers, Kenneth of Arcadia, Calif., and Phillip of Partridge; two sisters, Edith Milano of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., and Emma Cessna of Hutchinson; four grandchildren, Jeremy and Angie Kroeker of Nickerson, Jaimie and Roy McComas of Hutchinson, Kameron and Kiefer Gibler of Lawrence; four great-grandchildren, Tyler and Ashley Kroeker, Ethan and Charles McComas. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Johnnie and Clarence; and two sisters, Lorene Lewis and Pearl Grant.
Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, at Eastwood Church of Christ with Jimie-Wray Mead officiating. Private burial will precede the memorial service at Penwell-Gable Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hutchinson. His casket will remain closed. His register book will be available 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Elliott Mortuary.
He was born Sept. 3, 1930, at Bartlesville , Okla., the son of James Paul and Bessie Ann Hill Pitzer.
He was a 1949 graduate of Hutchinson High School, former member of Loyal Order of the Moose #982, member of Eastwood Church of Christ, had been a self-employed salesman, mainly Kirby Vacuums, and retired farmer.
On Aug. 19, 1950, he married Evelyn E. Erb in Hutchinson. She survives.
Other survivors include: their children and spouses, Karleen Kroeker, Jay and Donna Pitzer, all of Hutchinson, Shelly and Robert Gibler of Lawrence; two brothers, Kenneth of Arcadia, Calif., and Phillip of Partridge; two sisters, Edith Milano of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., and Emma Cessna of Hutchinson; four grandchildren, Jeremy and Angie Kroeker of Nickerson, Jaimie and Roy McComas of Hutchinson, Kameron and Kiefer Gibler of Lawrence; four great-grandchildren, Tyler and Ashley Kroeker, Ethan and Charles McComas. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Johnnie and Clarence; and two sisters, Lorene Lewis and Pearl Grant.
Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, at Eastwood Church of Christ with Jimie-Wray Mead officiating. Private burial will precede the memorial service at Penwell-Gable Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hutchinson. His casket will remain closed. His register book will be available 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Elliott Mortuary.
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