Edward Thomas Hitch ²

Obituary from 12/29/1997 newspaper:

Edward Thomas Hitch

Edward Thomas Hitch, 64, died Friday at a local hospital.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Grace Lutheran Church with Arthur Lowe officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Memorial Park Cemetery, directed by North's Funeral Home, 242 Orange.

Mr. Hitch grew up in Palmyra, Wis., and graduated from Fort Atkinson, Wis., High School. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1952 and was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War, retiring in 1973. He graduated from Cisco Junior College with an associate's degree in business administration and had been employed by Refrigeration & Supply, Color Vision and Nelson Supply. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and Mesquite Oaks Golf Course. He married Margaret V. "Marge" Watts in 1953 in San Antonio.

Survivors include his wife, of Abilene; two sons, Phillip Hitch of Peoria, Ill., and Rodney Hitch of San Antonio; three brothers, Eugene Hitch of Goldsboro, N.C., Harvey Hitch of Delaware and Howard Hitch of Fort Atkinson; three sisters, Hazel Davis and Elsie Sahr, both of Fort Atkinson, and Louise Willing of Jefferson, Wis.; five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Memorials may be made to Grace Lutheran Church, 1202 S. Pioneer Drive, Abilene 79605.

The family will be at the funeral home from 6-7:30 p.m. today.

Edward married Margaret V. Watts, daughter of Leslie Watts and Margaret Lattimer, on 25 Jul 1953 in Randolph Afb, Near San Antonio, TX.¹ (Margaret V. Watts was born on 13 Jun 1932 in Denver, Adams Co., CO ⁵ and died on 26 Dec 1999 in Abilene, Taylor Co., TX ⁵.)