Lancaster - Merrill E. Fritz, age 87, died on Monday morning March 21, 2016 at Orchard Manor in rural Lancaster.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday March 26, 2016 at the Christ Lutheran Church in Lancaster with burial to follow in the Hillside Cemetery with Military Honors. Visitation will be held from 9:00 A.M. until time of service at the church on Saturday morning. In lieu of plants and flowers a memorial fund is being established in loving memory of Merrill E. Fritz. The Larson Family Funeral Home of Fennimore is assisting the family and online condolences may be made at www.larsonfuneralhomes.com.

For complete obit see the Thursday, March 24, 2016 issue of the Grant County Herald Independent