Walter Leo Fitzenreiter Jr  July 13 1926  July 23 2019

Walter Leo Fitzenreiter Jr July 13 1926 July 23 2019

July 13 1926 July 23 2019
Walter Leo Fitzenreiter Jr. July 13, 1926 – July 23, 2019 Share this obituary Send Flowers Upload Photo| View/Sign Guestbook| Send Sympathy Card Funeral services for Walter Leo Fitzenreiter Jr., 93, of Hornbeck, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, July 27, 2019 in the Hornbeck United Methodist Church with Rev. Daniel Na and Rev. Wayne Chance officiating. Burial will follow in the Prewitt’s Chapel Cemetery in Hornbeck, under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home in Leesville. Visitation will be Saturday, July 27, 2019 from 12:00 P.M until time of service at the church. Walter was born on July 13, 1926 to Walter Leo Fitzenreiter. Sr. and Ernestine Louisa Perkins Fitzenreiter, Leo died in his sleep at home early Tuesday morning, July 23, 2019 after a battle with cancer. He was a 1943 graduate of Reeves High School. Leo served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War. After returning home, he earned a degree in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University. Leo and his wife Mavis celebrated 65 years of marriage in October 2018. Leo and Mavis raised their four children in Sulphur, LA. At the age 55, he retired from Cities Service as a plant manager, after which he and his wife built their retirement home in Hornbeck. Leo was a member of the Hornbeck United Methodist Church, Chief of the Plainview Volunteer Fire Department, and founder of the Plainview Area Association. Leo was a lifelong gardener and fisherman. Survived by his wife Mavis Jones Fitzenreiter of Hornbeck, daughter Valerie Fitzenreiter of Hornbeck, son Robert Fitzenreiter and daughter-in-law Sarah of DeQuincy, son James Fitzenreiter of Many and daughter Laura Fitzenreiter LeDoux and son-in-law Anthony LeDoux of Sulphur, grandchildren, Jillian Fitzenreiter, Laurie Chancey, Amanda Dinger, Garren Fitzenrieter, Denis LeDoux and Andrew LeDoux as well as granddog T-Bone aka “The Beast”, great grandchildren, Kian Bonin, Aubrey Bonin, Paisley Bonin, McKenna Bonin, Seth Dinger and Lily Dinger. Leo is preceded in death by his father, Walter Leo Fitzenreiter, Sr., his mother, Earnestine Louisa Fitzenreiter and his sister, Ruth Eubanks Smith, his dog Rattler, his cat Hobbes and his granddog, Jazz. The family offers their sincere appreciation to Kindred Home Health and Hospice of Leesville for as Leo put it, “Making my end days better”. We also offer a special thanks to Dr. Kimberly Landrum for treating Leo with love and respect. Thank you to all family and friends for your visits, gifts of food, phone calls, emails and texts. His love of family was boundless. His wife and children were his greatest treasures. To know Leo was to know a man of honor, respect, and dignity. He believed in leaving things better than he found them and to put the needs of others before his own. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests donations to the Hornbeck United Methodist Church or to the Prewitt’s Chapel Cemetery Fund. Words of comfort may be expressed to the Fitzenreiter Family at www.labbymemorial.com SERVICES Visitation Saturday, July 27, 2019 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Hornbeck United Methodist Church Hwy 392 Hornbeck, Louisiana 71439 Get Directions on Google Maps Funeral Service Saturday, July 27, 2019 2:00 PM Hornbeck United Methodist Church Hwy 392 Hornbeck, Louisiana 71439 Get Directions on Google Maps Print Obituary

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