Arthur Dale Fritz, age 78, died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009.  Art was born in Waukesha, Wis. and lived there until he entered the U.S. Marine Corps.

He attended college on the GI bill and worked mainly for Texas Instruments in Houston.  After retirement Art moved to Bellville in 2001. 

 He is survived by his wife, Myrna, his son Jeffrey, daughter-in-law, Stephanie and their two children Natalie and Carrigan and son Stephen and his daughter, Gillian, and step-daughter Judy Porter, her husband, Mark, and their daughter Renee and her husband, Nathan Smith, and their daughters Jessie and Sadie.

 Visitation with the family will be on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 1 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall at St. John Lutheran Church with a memorial service following at 2 p.m. 

Memorial gifts may be made to the Bellville Lions Club or St. John Lutheran Church.