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Fitch graduated from Leigh, NE. High School in 1957.
He successfully underwent a bone marrow transplant in 1999. A massive fund raiser was launched in the Leigh and St. Edward areas to help defray the expenses.
He and his wife live in St. Edward where he is a machinery salesman. According to an unnamed source, he enjoys socializing and playing cards at the pool hall.
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From THE LEVANDER FUNERAL HOME ARCHIVES-
Gerold Edwin Fitch Wurdeman, son of Edwin and Deloris (Heitz) Wurdeman, was born on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939 in Leigh, Nebraska.
He attended country school and graduated from Leigh High School in 1957. After graduation, Fitch entered the US Navy where he served aboard the USS Ticonderoga in the South Pacific. He was honorably discharged in 1963.
Fitch was united in marriage to Doris Mae Zrust on November 23, 1962 at New Zion Presbyterian Church in Clarkson, Nebraska. Fitch enrolled in barber school and graduated in 1963. He barbered in Howells and Fremont, before purchasing the St. Edward barber shop in 1967. In 1968 the couple bought their acreage, 5 miles south of St. Edward where they farmed and raised livestock. In 1984, Fitch started working as a sales consultant in Humphrey at CC Implement and in 1991 for Kayton International in Albion. Due to medical hardship in 1999, they moved to town and their eldest son Lance purchased the family acreage and he and his father continued raising cattle. He was a member of the Methodist Presbyterian church in St. Edward, the Vets Club, and the Commercial Club.
On Thursday, April 9, 2009, Fitch was dealt his last hand. He passed away at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE on his 70th birthday. Fitch was loved by many and will be deeply missed.
He is survived by his wife Doris of St. Edward, NE; children: Lance and wife Carol (Rolf) of St. Edward; Lynne Reineke and husband Scott of Lincoln NE; Wanda Bond of Clarkson, NE, Wade of Ft. Worth, TX; 7 grandchildren: Kendra, Zach, Whitney Wurdeman; Carlie Reineke, Grant, Bailey, and Gage Bond; sisters Sandra Jenny and husband Elmer of Bedford, TX; Paula Tichota and husband Tom of Howells, NE; brother Donald Wurdeman and wife Annette of Columbus, NE; Harry Asche of Leigh, NE; along with many other relatives and friends.
Fitch was preceded in death by his parents; step-father Harry Asche; sister Pamela Asche; son Myron; 2 grandsons Colton and Ryder Reinke.
Funeral Services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, April 13, 2009 at the St. Edward Catholic Church in St. Edward, NE with Rev. K.F. Kaleuati officiating. Burial will be at the Leigh Cemetery in Leigh, NE. Visitation will be on Sunday from 6-9 p.m. at the church.
Original individual @I01715@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) merged with @I4427@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@)
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1939 - 2009 (70 years)