John Fritz d. 1923

FRITZ

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 5/7/2006 at 18:10:21

Davenport Democrat and Leader
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
January 9, 1923

JEFFERSON COUNTY MAN DROPS DEAD
John Fritz Had Recently Returned from Arkansas
Special to the Democrat

Fairfield, Iowa. Jan 9 - John Fritz, a well known resident of Jefferson county, dropped dead at his home in East Pleasant Plain Saturday morning. He had been in ill health for several months and has but recently come back from the springs in Arkansas. He had been in bed but a few days and had that morning asked to be assisted to get up. He had but stepped out of his bed when he sunk to the floor and was dead when medical aid reached him.

Mr. Fritz leaves his wife and a family of grown children. Funeral services will probably be held Monday and the interment will be made in the cemetery near East Pleasant Plain.