Loveland, Colo - George W. Hitchler, 79, of Loveland, Colo., formerly of Newton, died Saturday, July 18 at McKee Medical Center in Loveland, Colo. Funeral services will be held at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colo. Visitation will be today from 5 until 8 p.m. at Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Loveland. Memorial gifts can be made to the George W. Hitchler Memorial Fund in care of Stoddard Funeral Home, 3205 W. 28th St., Greeley, Colo., 80631.

The son of John Ellis and Merle May Anthony Hitchler, he was born March 25, 1919 in Newton. He married Mary Shrum June 23, 1942 in Bethany, Mo. He served as a chief in the Coast Guard during World War II, worked on a dairy farm in Missouri and also taught auto mechanics for several years. He lived in several places around the country including Newton, Los Angeles, Calif., Mendon, Mo., Lakewood, Calif. and Loveland, Colo.

Survivors include his wife; one son, John of Aurora, Colo.; two daughters, Belinda Jean (Bill) Smith of Lakewood, Colo., and Charmaine Kay (Ron) Lanning of Aurora, Colo.; a half brother, Robert John, and his wife Jean (should be Judy) Hitchler of Newton; three sisters, Marvel Clement and Mrs. Philip (Marjorie) Lane, both of Newton and Mrs. Jim (Marilynn) Edgeton of Fairfield, Mo. (Should be Iowa); seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents. ~ Newton Daily News, July 20, 1998

George Hitchler (1919)