(OBITUARY) WALTER W. FRITZ, 79, CENTRALIA, WA. DIED WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1993, AT ST. PETER HOSPITAL IN OLYMPIA, WA.
HE WAS BORN JANUARY 27, 1914, AT BARTLEY, TO JOHN AND ANNIE (WEISE) FRITZ.
HE MOVED TO LEWIS COUNTY, WA, IN 1936, AND HE WAS SELF EMPLOYED AS AN ORNAMENTAL IRON FABRICATOR. HE BUILT MANY OF THE METAL RAILINGS AND SPECIALIZED IN SPIRAL STAIRWAYS. HE TOOK PRIDE IN BUILDING HIS OWN HOME. HE ENJOYED GARDENING AND RUG HOOKING.
ON MAY 7, 1955, HE MARRIED RUTH COPPOCK IN TILLAMOOK, OR. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CHEHALIS, WA.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, RUTH OF CENTRALIA; ONE SON, MARVIN FRITZ OF FEDERAL WAY, WA; ONE DAUGHTER, MARLENE BOLING, KELSO, WA; ONE BROTHER, JOHN R. FRITZ OF MCCOOK; ONE SISTER, EDNA SCHAFFERT, INDIANOLA, NEBR. TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
SERVICES WERE HELD TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1993, AT ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CHEHALIS, WA. WITH THE REV. JAMES JAEGER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN SUNSET MEMORIAL GARDENS.
THE FAMILY SUGGESTS MEMORIALS TO ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH MEMORIAL FUND, ATTN: PATTY WILSON, 103 WALLACE ROAD, CHEHALIS, WA 98532.
STICKLIN CHAPEL OF CENTRALIA, WA IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.