Floyd Leonard Fretz 1940 - 2017

FRETZ, BOGER, JONES, DEN HARTOG

Posted By: Connie Swearingen -Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/20/2017 at 21:05:20

Sioux City Journal
28 August 2017

Orange City, Iowa

Floyd Fretz, 77, of Orange City, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, at a Sioux City hospital.

Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Faith Lutheran Church in Orange City. The Rev. David Daumer will officiate. Interment will follow the service in West Lawn Cemetery at Orange City. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. today, with the family present 5 to 7 p.m., at Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City. You may express your sympathy at www.oolman.com.

Floyd Leonard was born on Aug. 11, 1940, in Denison, Iowa, the son of Leonard and Erma (Boger) Fretz. He was raised in Denison, where he attended high school.

On Aug. 11, 1957, he married JoAnn Florence Jones in Ute, Iowa. They made their home in Charter Oak, Iowa, until 1969, when they moved to Orange City. JoAnn passed away on Oct. 27, 1991, at Struble, Iowa, after more than 34 years of marriage.

On Oct. 7, 1995, he married Harriet Marie Mousel Den Hartog in Alton, Iowa. They continued to live in Orange City, where he was a mechanic and shop foreman at area John Deere dealers.

Floyd was a member of Faith Lutheran Church. He enjoyed fishing, boating, gardening, woodworking, and fishing again. He looked forward to visiting with family and socializing with friends, especially at the Double D in Alton.

Survivors include his wife of more than 21 years, Harriet; four daughters, Cynthia and her husband, David Rubick of Denver, N.C., Julie Midkiff of Euless, Texas, Kristi Kranz of Pierson, and Annette and her husband, Karim Farouki of Springfield, Mo.; three stepdaughters, Debra Den Hartog and her friend, Rich Lichtsinn of Orange City, Jill and her husband, Ron Lichner of Baxter, Minn., and Kelli Hopcraft of Alton; 22 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Phyllis and her husband, Gailen Christiansen of Sioux City, Sharon Stuart of Belleview, Neb., and Patty and her husband, Tim Malone of Dow City, Iowa.

In addition to his first wife and his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Dick Stuart.