In Loving Memory Fredric "Fritz" Dethlefsen
Funeral Service
Friday, March 24, 2006, 10:30 AM
Zion Lutheran Church Manning, Iowa
Officiating Pastor Patrick R. Sparling
Congregational Hymns "What A Friend We Have In Jesus" "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" "Amazing Grace" "How Great Thou Art"
Fern Jensen, Organist
Casketbearers Ed Woods, Tye Zola, Theodore Miller, Robert Miller, Allan Weber, Dennis Wirth
Interment Manning Cemetery Manning, Iowa
THE FAMILY WISHES TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR KINDNESS EVIDENCED IN THOUGHT, WORD AND DEED, AND INVITES YOU TO JOIN THEM FOR LUNCH AND FELLOWSHIP AT THE CHURCH FOLLOWING THE COMMITTAL SERVICE.
ARRANGEMENTS BY OHDE FUNERAL HOME
Fredric William "Fritz" Dethlefsen
Fredric William "Fritz," son of Frederick C. and Florence Marie (Bolte) Dethlefsen, was
born February 9, 1934, at Kenwood, Iowa. Fritz was raised on a farm west and north of
Manning and was baptized at the Lutheran Church in Denison and confirmed at Zion
Lutheran Church in Manning. He graduated from Manning High School in 1952. During
high school he worked as a farmhand and following high school he moved to Illinois where
started working as production welder at Caterpillar Inc. in Joliet. While there he met and
married Lindalee Heisel in 1953. Two children were born to this union. He retired from
Caterpillar Quality Control in 1986. As a Certified Illinois Firefighter and Emergency
Medical Technician, Fritz served as a volunteer fireman with the East Joliet Fire
Department for 15 years. He was a Will County, IL, election judge for 10 years and
volunteered as a county coordinator for the Crawford County, Iowa, GenWeb. He enjoyed
genealogy, fishing, computers and welding. After retiring, he moved to Arizona. When Fritz
health began to fail, he was cared for by Americare Hospice in Mesa, AZ, where he died
on Saturday, March 18, 2006, at the age of 72 years, 1 months and 9 days. Preceding him
in death are his parents and two brothers Richard Lee "Dick" Dethlefsen and Maurice
"Bud" Graff. He is survived by his daughter Nancy Ann and husband Ed Woods of Corona,
CA; son William Fredric Dethlefsen and special friend Joyce Smith of Joliet, IL;
grandchildren: Tamra Lee Woods; Tye Robert Zola and wife Karina; Beth Woods and
Kimberly George; great-grandchildren: Lindsey George; Mason George and Jacob George;
three sisters: LaJune and husband Theodore Miller of Dow City; Helen and husband Allan
Webber of Sibley and Linda Marie and husband Art Hayden of Sioux City, IA; two
sisters-in-law Jane Graff of Seward, NE and Gwen Dethlefsen of Mesa, AZ; and many
friends in Illinois, Arizona and Manning.