Robert "Fritz" Fritzler

August 16, 1934 - August 21, 2014

Funeral services for ROBERT "FRITZ" FRITZLER, 80, will be held at 2pm Monday, August 25, 2014 at the Colyer Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Vicki Kintzel officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Fritz died August 21, 2014 at the Goshen Care Center. A memorial has been established to the Goshen County Fairgrounds for tables and benches. Visitation will be Monday from 10am to noon and the casket will be open briefly following the service. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Fritz was born August 16, 1934 in Torrington, Wyoming the son of George and Lydia (Schnell) Fritzler. He grew up and received his education there graduating Torrington High School in 1954. Starting when he was in ninth grade he worked as a custodian at the Torrington schools and worked there for sixteen years. He married Jane Caldwell on June 30, 1956 in Torrington. He then worked for Torrington Plumbing from 1972 until 1982 when he started his own sanitation business. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1957 until 1960. He retired in January of 2003. Fritz enjoyed doing jigsaw puzzles, watching high school and college football games, going to Branson, Missouri every year, and listening to country music. Fritz is survived by his wife Jane of Torrington, Wyoming; three sons Dennis Fritzler and his wife Tracy of Denver, North Carolina, Leonard Fritzler and his wife Loreen of Lingle, Wyoming, and Larry Fritzler and his wife Debbie of Gering, Nebraska; grandchildren Josh Fritzler, Jessica Sylvester, Kallie Fritzler, Justin Fritzler, Dusty Fritzler, Jason Fritzler, Zachary Fritzler, Jaala Hemingway, Daniel Hemingway, and Peter Hemingway; and fourteen great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter Sharon Hemingway; a brother George Fritzler; and three sisters Lillian Backer, Arlene Barker, and Althea Greene.