FRITTS, Dwight H. 1932-2015

FRITTS, DUNN, STEVENS

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 12/29/2015 at 16:56:56

Dwight H. Fritts Jr.

Died: Dec. 26, 2015

Services:
Monday, January 4, 2016 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1301 Kimball Ave., Waterloo

Visitation:
Sunday, January 3, 2016 at Locke Funeral Home

Cemetery:
Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery

Memorials:
may be made to Cedar Valley Hospice

Biography--

Dwight H. Fritts, Jr. 83, of Waterloo, died at Lakeview Landing of Friendship Village, Saturday, December 26, 2015.

Dwight was born September 15, 1932, in Omaha, NE, son of Dwight H. Sr. and Hazel Fritts. He married Barbara Dunn, and she died in 1969. He married Jan Stevens in 1973, in Waterloo.

He graduated from Omaha Central High School in 1950. He attended the University of Nebraska/Lincoln and graduated in 1954. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He participated in ROTC while in college and served in the US Army.

Dwight's career as an insurance agent began with Royal Globe Insurance and continued as co-owner of Fritts and Turner Insurance, retiring in 1997 from PDCM Insurance.

He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, serving as Trustee, Deacon, and Elder. He was past president of Kiwanis Club, a member of the Jaycees, Elks, an Ambassador with the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, past secretary of the Waterloo Black Hawks and high school referee. Was a board member of Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery and Salvation Army; a member of the Masonic Lodge and Sunnyside Country Club.

Survivors include: his wife Jan, two sons, Dwight (Jane) Fritts III of Cedar Falls; Mark (Chance) Stevens of Dubuque; four daughters, Debra (Michael) Buckner of Waterloo; Dawn (Craig) Miyashita of The Woodlands, TX; Lisa (Tom) Lynn of Malvern, PA; Diane Kolb of Jefferson City, MO; nine grandchildren: Blake Marshall, Katie Marshall, Michael (Cassidy) Fritts, Rachel Fritts, Brandon Lynn, Kenna Lynn, Regan Stevens, Carter Stevens, Sommer Kolb; and three great-grandchildren: Kennedy, Sophia and Renee Fritts; niece Karen Hollingsworth; nephew Geoff Kent.

Preceded in death by his parents and his sister.

Source: Locke Funeral Home

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