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Fred R. Hitzeman

May 12, 1920 — September 5, 2012

Funeral services for Fred R. Hitzeman, 92, Emporia, Kansas, will be held at the West Side Baptist Church, Emporia, on Monday, September 10, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. The service will be conducted by Pastor Kenneth Armstrong, of the church. Interment will follow at Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia.

The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon, September 10, 2012 from 2:00 until 4:00 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia

Mr. Hitzeman died Wednesday evening, September 5, 2012, at Newman Regional Health, Emporia.

Fred R. Hitzeman was born at Olpe, Kansas on May 12, 1920, the son of Emil and Minnie (Forester) Hitzeman. He married Wilma Dooley November 19, 1958 in Kansas City, Missouri. She survives.

Other family members include two sons, Alan and Dennis Hitzeman, Emporia; a daughter, Audrey Hitzeman, Emporia; sisters, Dorothy Lucy, Emporia, and Helen Showers and Marcella Corpening, both of Kansas City, Missouri.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and one sister, Wilma Simpson.

Mr. Hitzeman was a member of the West Side Baptist Church, Emporia.

For twenty years, he worked for Didde Corporation, then for another twenty years at Bluestem Farm and Ranch, both in Emporia. He had been retired five years.

A memorial has been established with the America Cancer Society. Contributions may be sent in care of the funeral home. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Fred R. Hitzeman, please visit our flower store.

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