Frederick Metzger's Obituary
Frederick (Fred) L. Metzger, 62, of Fulton, Illinois, died Saturday, November 10, 2007 at Genesis Medical Center, East Campus, Davenport, Iowa.
Funeral Services will be 10:30am, Thursday, November 15, 2007 at the Evangelical Free Church with Pastor Tom Loyal officiating. Burial will be in the Clinotn Lawn Cemetery with military honors being conducted by the Clinton AMVETS Post #28. Serving as pallbearers will be Tom Murphy, Tim Blumer, Jeff Stoller, Frank Wiebers, Todd Metzger and Danny Phipps. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Dan Phipps, Sr., Dick Witt, and Jim Gorsh. Visitation will be Wednesday from 4:00-8:00pm at the Camanche Chapel Snell-Zornig Funeral Home.
Frederick Louis Metzger was born on October 11, 1945 in Clinton, Iowa, the son of Lawrence ?Larry? and Mary (Ware) Metzger. He married Mary Benson on September 7, 1968 at the Evangelical Free Church in Clinton. Fred was a 1964 graduate of Camanche High School. He then enlisted in the United States Army serving during the Vietnam War from 1966-1969.
Fred was a project engineer with the Clinton Engineering. Fred attended the Evangelical Free Church. Fred is survived by his wife of 39 years Mary of Fulton; their children: Karla (Chris) Schumacher of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, Todd (Melinda) Metzger of Bethel, Missouri, and Amber Metzger of Fulton, Illinois; seven grandchildren: Clinton, Kordell, Caycee, and Kerrin Schumacher, and Megan, Daniel, and Blake Metzger; his sister: JoAnne (Wendell) LeFleur of Clinton, Iowa, and his brother Donald Metzger of Woodruff, Wisconsin; and many nieces and nephews. Fred is preceded in death by his parents, his grandson: Louis Schumacher, one brother: Wally Metzger, and three sisters: Arlene Wilgus, Genevieve Metzger, and Margaret Grimes-Spalding.
The family requests that memorials be made in care of the Grandchildren's Education Fund.
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