Manito, Illinois. At age of 12, the family moved to the city of Peoria. He desired to serve
in the military after the attack on Pearl Harbor. A week after he graduated from High
School, in June of 1944, he was in basic training in the Army Air-Corp. He
subsequently trained in differing machine gunnery systems and became an instructor.
In December of 1945 he was shipped out to Europe, finally arriving in Erlangen
Germany. He was spared from death on three occasions. In February 1946, before
returning to the states, he was able to attend a half day of the Nazi war trials in
Nuremberg. Back home in Illinois he attend 3 years of college at Bradley University. He
move to California and completed his BA at U.C. Berkley. He became an educator and
school administrator in Turlock. During this time he met Lois Decker; they were married
in 1956, moved to Hayward CA, had 2 children, and he received his MA in Education
from the University of Pacific. They served consistently in churches in each city where
they lived; in Hayward, then Oceanside, over 30 years in Camarillo, then finally moving
to the Temecula area to be close to their daughter’s family. His wife Lois passed away
in 2012, who he missed daily. He died from pneumonia developed from Covid, on
December 5, 2020. He is survived by: his son Mark (wife Elizabeth) and their children
Sarah and Laura; his daughter Marla Pitzek (husband Stefan) and their children
Kristofer and Jessica; by his nephews Jared David Miller, and many other nieces and
nephews and cousins on Lois’ side of the family. If you wish to make a charitable
donation in his memory, the family suggests the American Bible Society.
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