Jimmie D. Pitzer, 80, went to be with his Lord, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, at Hospice House, Hutchinson.

He was born Sept. 3, 1930, at Bartlesville , Okla., the son of James Paul and Bessie Ann Hill Pitzer.

He was a 1949 graduate of Hutchinson High School, former member of Loyal Order of the Moose #982, member of Eastwood Church of Christ, had been a self-employed salesman, mainly Kirby Vacuums, and retired farmer.

On Aug. 19, 1950, he married Evelyn E. Erb in Hutchinson. She survives.

Other survivors include: their children and spouses, Karleen Kroeker, Jay and Donna Pitzer, all of Hutchinson, Shelly and Robert Gibler of Lawrence; two brothers, Kenneth of Arcadia, Calif., and Phillip of Partridge; two sisters, Edith Milano of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., and Emma Cessna of Hutchinson; four grandchildren, Jeremy and Angie Kroeker of Nickerson, Jaimie and Roy McComas of Hutchinson, Kameron and Kiefer Gibler of Lawrence; four great-grandchildren, Tyler and Ashley Kroeker, Ethan and Charles McComas. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Johnnie and Clarence; and two sisters, Lorene Lewis and Pearl Grant.

Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, at Eastwood Church of Christ with Jimie-Wray Mead officiating. Private burial will precede the memorial service at Penwell-Gable Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hutchinson. His casket will remain closed. His register book will be available 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Elliott Mortuary.

In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be made to Eastwood Church of Christ, Dialysis Center of Hutchinson or Hospice of Reno County in care of Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson.

visit www.elliottmortuary.com to leave a condolence or remembrance for his family.