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Fred Edward “Fritz” Zuger, 83, longtime Whitman County and Waitsburg area resident, passed away on February 9, 2016 from age related complications while fishing on the Snake River. Graveside services with Masonic Rites will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, February 19, 2016 at the Blue Mountain Memorial Gardens in Walla Walla. A memorial service will follow at 2:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Colfax.

Fritz was born on June 24, 1932 to C.V. “Shanty” and Florence (Buroker) Zuger at their farmhouse near Bolles Junction, between Prescott and Waitsburg, Washington. He grew...