Walter O. Fitzcharles

Walter O. Fitzcharles, age 66, of rural Montpelier, Ohio, died at 3:37 P.M. on Saturday, May 29, 2010, shortly after admittance to Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mr. Fitzcharles was a 1962 graduate of Edgerton High School. He served as a volunteer fireman with the Edgerton Fire Department for many years and was a member of its championship waterball team. He was employed with Pretz Stark Construction, Bill Siebenaler Construction, the Pulaski Co-op, and Babb Trucking and retired from Weber Sand and Gravel. He was a member of the Montpelier Eagles, Montpelier Moose Lodge and the Pioneer American Legion. Walter O. Fitzcharles was born on February 24, 1944, in Edgerton, Ohio, the son of Alvin Estel and Gertrude Mae (Wiles) Fitzcharles. He married Patricia A. Mason on October 13, 1962, in Cooney, Ohio, and she survives. He is also survived by four sons, Todd (Joni) Fitzcharles, of Mount Airy, North Carolina, Terry (Mary Jane) Fitzcharles, of Bryan, Ohio, Tim (Pam) Fitzcharles and Tracy (Dawn) Fitzcharles, both of Edgerton, and one daughter, Teresa (Andy) Stickney, of Montpelier, Ohio. Also surviving are one brother, Vaughn Fitzcharles, of Edgerton, and fourteen grandchildren, Nathan (Michelle) and Ashley McCandless; Megan Eicher; Jason, Chelsey, Samantha, Cassie, Jeremy Dayne and Kole Fitzcharles; Damion Heinze; Tanner Stickney; Chandler Nester; and Kennedy Stuut; and three great-grandchildren, Dylan and Koleton McCandless and Ainsleigh Papenbrock. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Robert and Donald Fitzcharles. Visitation will be in the Krill Funeral Home, Edgerton, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 2, 2010, from 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. Services will be held on Thursday, June 3, 2010, at 11:30 A.M. in the Krill Funeral Home, Edgerton, Ohio, with Pastor Byron Adams officiating. Interment will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery, Edgerton. Memorials in the name of Walter O. Fitzcharles may be given to Mooseheart.