Obituary: FETZER, John L.; Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colo. 2 March 1911 http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/denver/obits/f/fetzer_john_1911.txt Transcribed and Contribted by: Rita Timm 2001 - 2002 ================================================= John L. Fetzer Dies; Resident of Denver For Nearly 40 Years. Prominent Realty Man, Active in Republican Party and a Former Legislator. John L. Fetzer, for forty years a prominent real estate and mining man of Denver, and prominent in Republican politics, died yesterday at the family home, 1582 Emerson Street, following a long illness that culminated with a stroke of apoplexy Tuesday. Fetzer was born in Brunswick, Mo., August 22, 1846. He served through the war in the Forty-ninth Missouri Volunteers, and after the close of the rebellion went through the University of Missouri. He came to Denver in 1872 and became one of the leading real estate and mining men of the city. From 1882 to 1888 he was superintendent of schools of old Arapahoe County, and he also served in the lower house of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth general assemblies. The widow and two sons, Frank L. and John E. Fetzer, survive. The funeral will be held from Martin's Chapel, Colfax and Broadway, at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.