Harold William Fritter

Harold William Fritter

Harold William Fritter, 92, of Richards, Mo., passed away on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, surrounded by family.

Harold was born on Aug. 29, 1932, to Louis W. Fritter and Stella Gardner Fritter in Fort Scott, Kan. He married Alice Poague on Dec. 10, 1951, in Hood River, Ore., and she survives of the home.

After graduating from Richards High School in 1951, Harold enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in the Construction Battalion (Seabees) from 1952-1956 in the Korean Conflict. He enjoyed sharing stories from his time in Japan and was grateful to be selected for the Heartland Honor Flight in May of 2017.

Harold and Alice moved back to Missouri from Oregon after his time in the Navy to begin farming. Nearly all his life, he held a second job while farming to provide for his family. Throughout the years, these jobs included working for the State Highway Department, over the road and local trucking and Railway Express Agency. He was also the owner of a grocery store in Stotesbury and Main Street Coin-O-Matic in Fort Scott.

Harold was baptized in 1964 along with his wife and two sons. Over the years he faithfully attended Richards Christian Church where he served as an elder and treasurer and made many lifelong friends. In addition to his leadership in the church, he served as a missionary with Northwest Haiti Christian Mission for many years.

Harold was preceded in death by his parents and brothers Kenneth and Donald. In addition to his wife Alice, he is survived by his sons, Mike Fritter and wife Joe' of Fort Scott, Kan.; Dennis D. Fritter of Nevada, Mo.; grandchildren Justin Fritter (Sarah) and their children Hayden and Colin of Holt, Mo., Jamie Sisseck (Kris) and their child Konner of Deerfield, Mo., Lacinda Schneider (David) of Lenexa, Kan., Marc Fritter (Melissa) and their children Derrick and Kali of Nevada, Mo., Jill Arnold (Chad) and their child Alivia of Newton, Kan., Trevor Swim (Katie) and their children Crew and Cove of Knoxville, Tenn., and Wesley DeHaven of Fort Scott, Kan. As well as other extended family.

Pastor Matthew Hunt will conduct funeral services at 12 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the U.S. National Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25 at the funeral homeIn lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to either Tunnel to Towers Foundation or locally to the Jim Meech Agri-Med Crisis Foundation and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted online at cheneywitt.com.