Charles B. “Barney” Fetzer, age 88, of Williamsburg, died Thursday, October 6, 2011 at English Valley Care Center, North English, IA from complications of cancer. Graveside Services: 1:30 P.M. Thursday, October 13, 2011 at St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery, rural Victor, with Pastor Carl Cloeter officiating. The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. A memorial fund has been established.

Charles Burton Fetzer was born January 23, 1923, in rural Williamsburg, IA, to Walter Jonathan and Elsie Marie (Gerard) Fetzer. He graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1941 and ran on the first Williamsburg State Championship Cross-Country team in 1939. He married Helen Leona Meyer on April 16, 1944 in Williamsburg. He operated the Standard Oil gas station on the Williamsburg square (where Pizza Haus is now located) 1946-1964 and then moved out to the Standard Oil station, I-80 & Amana Exit. That station became Amoco Oil and later BP and is presently operated by his two sons. He also co-owned the Colony Haus Restaurant (now Ox-Yoke Interstate) and the motel at the same exit on I-80. He was an active member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Williamsburg, served with the Williamsburg Fire Department for which he was Fire Chief eight years, and was employed for many years as a substitute rural mail carrier. He enjoyed being with family, hunting, fishing, crafts, bowling, gardening, landscaping and visits to the casino. Following his retirement, the couple resided in Guttenberg, IA and Sun City, AZ.

He is survived by his wife, Helen, of 67 years; two sons: William Fetzer and wife Pamela, Donald Fetzer and wife Rosemary all of Williamsburg; daughter Nancy Pettibone and husband Tim of Pleasant Grove, UT; seven grandchildren Blair (Andrea), Ross, Olivia Hocker (Adam), Nicholas, Aaron Johnson (Amy), Tera Holmes (Steven), and Megan Johnson; seven great-grandchildren Brennan and Luke Fetzer, Halle and Kiah Johnson, Alec Johnson, Grant and Ava Hocker; four brothers Lester (Jean), James (Shirley Jean), Ray, and Howard (Ann); three sisters Shirley Alberhasky (James), Marlene Seydel (Robert), and Mary Jane Schenkel (Robert); two sisters-in-law, Tillie Fetzer and Ilene Meyer.