Kenneth Leroy Fritz, better known as "Fritz", 92, died February 21, 2010 at the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. He was born April 14, 1917 at Gypsum, Kansas, the son of Charles Frederick and Oma (Madden) Fritz. He was the youngest of three sons. His father died when he was eleven, leaving just his mother and him. Mr. Fritz graduated from Gypsum High School in 1937, later entering the United States Army during World War II, serving for three years overseas. He came home from the military and after a period of adjustment he started working in the oilfields and that is when he met his wife, Wilma Clift. They married August 28, 1947 at Hoisington, Kansas. The marriage was blessed with six children. In the 1960's, Kenneth started Fritz's Bait Shop at his home and in the 1970's his wife joined him. They grew the business of retail into a retail and wholesale business and Kenneth delivered to western and northwestern Kansas, spending many an hour driving his van to pick up and deliver bait. They retired in 1988. Mr. Fritz was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #7428, Hoisington, Kansas; and Disabled American Veterans, Great Bend, Kansas. Survivors include his wife, Wilma Fritz, Hoisington, Kansas; three sons: Ken Leroy Fritz and wife Terri, Great Bend, Kansas; David Allan Fritz and wife Julie, Lee's Summit, Missouri; and Barry Adam Fritz and wife Christy, Salina, Kansas; three daughters: Linda Louise Wilson and husband Guy, Douglass, Kansas; Deborah Ann Carnahan and husband Larry, Great Bend, Kansas; and Tracy Lynn Bates and her friend Steve Edison, Hoisington, Kansas; thirteen grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, February 25, 2010 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home with the Reverend Dick Ogle officiating. Burial with military honors by the Fort Riley Honor Guard will be in Hoisington Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 24, 2010 and from 9:00 a.m. to service time Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials are requested to the Kenneth Fritz Memorial Fund, in care of the funeral home.