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OBITUARY
George Fritscher
July 29, 1916—November 6, 1976

Peoria Journal Star
Monday, November 8, 1976

Services for George Fritscher, 60, of 921 Willow Lane, will be to-
morrow at Wilton Mortuary and at 10 at St. Philomena’s Catholic
Church, with the Rev. John M. Lohan officiating.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 tonight at the mortuary where
the Rosary will be recited at 8.
Mr. Fritscher died at 1:20 p.m. Saturday, November 6, in St.
Francis Hospital where he was admitted October 23, after many
such admittances during a twelve-year illness.
He was born at Heron Lake, Minn., July 29, 1916, the youngest
son of Joseph Eugene Fritscher and Amelia Haberman Pieschel Frit-
scher. He married Virginia Day on July 12, 1938, in Jacksonville.
He last worked for Trend Kitchens where he was employed
since 1969. He was a former manager of the Carson Pirie Scott &
Co. appliance department for 18 years.
Mr. Fritscher was a member of St. Philomena’s Catholic Church
and the Men’s Club of the church. He was treasurer of the Boy
Scout troop at the church and was on the board of directors of the
St. Vincent de Paul Society.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Dr. John J. of San Francisco,
Calif., and S.Sgt. G. Robert of Washington, D.C.; and one daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Claire of Berkeley, Calif.
Also surviving are three half-brothers, Henry Fritscher of Santa
Rosa, Calif., Arthur J. Fritscher of Long Beach, Calif., and Clar-
ence Pieschel of Dixon; two half-sisters, Mrs. Theresa Kummeth
of Cogswell, N.D., Mrs. Agnes Tschohl of Mankato, Minn., and
one sister, Mrs. Beatrice Brooks of Columbus, Neb., and three
grandchildren. Three brothers preceded him in death.