FETZER, Garold G. 'Shorty' 1899 - 1963

FETZER, SPRINGER, HILL, BLAIR, STANLEY, RUGGLES, BROWN, COULTER, GOEHRING, MIKSCH

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 3/27/2022 at 15:42:52

"The Fairfield Ia. Ledger"
Monday, July 22, 1963
Page 8, Column 6

Death Comes To G. G. FETZER

Word has been received here of the death of G. G. "Shorty" FETZER, former well known resident of Fairfield who died Sunday evening at Phoenix Ariz.

The body is being returned to Fairfield for last rites and burial. The body will be brought to the Raymond funeral home.

FETZER was a long-time resident of this community before moving to Arizona a few years ago. He operated a bulk delivery tank truck for the Mid-Continent Oil company for a long period of time.

Prior to moving to Arizona he and his wife lived on a farm near Fairfield.

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"The Fairfield Ia. Ledger"
Tuesday, July 23, 1963
Page 8, Column 1

FETZER Funeral Will Be Friday

Last rites for G. G. "Shorty" FETZER, former well known resident of Fairfield, will be held Friday at 10:15 a.m. at the Raymond funeral home with the Rev. C. R. Douglass in charge. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.

FETZER died Sunday in Phoenix, Ariz., where he and his wife had made their home for the past several months.

While a resident of Fairfield FETZER served as a tank bulk saleman for an oil company for a number of years.

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"The Fairfield Ia. Ledger"
Wednesday, July 24, 1963
Page 3, Columns 3 and 4

FETZER Funeral To Be Friday

Last rites will be Friday at 10:15 a.m. for G. G. "Shorty" FETZER, former wellknown resident of Fairfield who died Sunday at Phoenix, Ariz. The body is being returned to the Raymond funeral home for last rites.

The services Friday will be at the Raymond funeral home with the Rev. C. R. Douglass in charge. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday.

FETZER died in a hospital at Phoenix after undergoing surgery a week previous.

Gerald G. FETZER, 64, was born July 15, 1899, in Iowa county, Iowa, the son of Edward and Margaret SPRINGER FETZER. He was reared and educated in Iowa county schools and Tipton school in Cedar Rapids.

He was married in Kansas to Marie HILL who preceded him in death. On Nov. 28, 1953, he was married to Hazel BLAIR at Nashua, Iowa.

FETZER was a member of the Presbyterian church; BPO Elks 1192; and lived in Fairfield for 30 years before he retired as a bulk agent for the DX Oil company.

He is survived by his wife and three step-daughters, Mrs. Clifford STANLEY, Fairfield; Mrs. Cedric RUGGLES, Packwood; and Mrs. Wayne BROWN, Paw Paw, Ill.; also 11 step-grandchildren.

He is also survived by four brothers, Walter, Williamsburg; Floyd, Ladora, Iowa; Harold, Grinnell; and Mervin, Marengo; also two sisters, Mrs. Sadie COULTER, Clarinda; and Mrs. John GOHRING (sic - GOEHRING?), Marengo; along with several nieces and nephews.

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"The Fairfield Ia. Ledger"
Friday, August 2, 1963
Page 3, Column 2

Attend Rites For G. G. FETZER

A number of relatives and friends from a distance have returned to their respective homes after attending funeral services here July 26 for G. G. FETZER, who passed away July 21 in Phoenix, Ariz.

Those attending from out-of-town were: Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd FETZER, Ledora; Mr. and Mrs. C. Ottorbach and Sybil BROWN of Cedar Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Harold FETZER, Grinnell; Mrs. Sadie COULTER, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kincloe and Tom, Clarinda; Mr. and Mrs. John GEHRING (sic), Mr. and Mrs. Mervin FETZER and Mr. and Mrs. Charles GEHRING of Marengo; Mr. and Mrs. Walter FETZER, Charles FETZER and Lester FETZER and Mr. and Mrs. George Bean of Williamsburg; Jim FETZER, Topeka, Kan.; Ray FETZER, Kansas City; Mrs. Myron Antoni of Waterloo.

Mrs. M. Lynch of Davenport; Mrs. Lazear Thrackmorton of Chariton; Mrs. Bob Myers, New York; Mrs. E. C. Crump, South Gate, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hamilton and Betty and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamilton of Grand Rapids, Minn,.; Merlin Hamilton, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Calvert, Mrs. Sharon Pollard and Kimberley, Elmhurst, Ill,; Dr. and Mrs. Wayne BROWN, Paw Paw, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Ewing, Carthage, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Karl Yeager, Ft. Madison; Mr. and Mrs. S.S. Barton, Mediapolis and Lloyd FETZER of Phoenix, Ariz.

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Note: Buried in Lot 4th.069 with first wife Marie, who died in 1950. Second wife Hazel L. MIKSCH BLAIR was married to Verl A. BLAIR before she and Garold married; she and Verl are buried in Evergreen Cemetery as well, in Lot 3rd.186.