Freda M. (Printz) Hewitt

Freda M. Hewitt, age 75, of 110 South Gamble Street, Shelby, died Saturday morning in Phoenix General Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, after an extended illness. She was born August 20, 1911 in Bellefontaine, Ohio, the daughter of James Harry and Ethel Mae (Pash) Printz.

Mrs. Hewitt is survived by her husband Delbert Hewitt; 2 daughters: Mrs. Saundra Hughey of Springfield, Ohio and Mrs. Richard (Marjorie) Goldsmith of Phoenix, Arizona; 1 step-daughter, Mrs. Robert (Georgia) Gwirtz of Shelby; and 2 step-sons: Herbert Hewitt and Verlin Hewitt both of Mansfield; 6 grandsons; 7 step-grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren and several step-great-grandchildren; 2 brothers: James Printz of Kendleville, Indiana;and Richard Printz of Springfield, Ohio.

She was preceded in death by her first husband Harry Jenkins and by one sister Mary Westerman.

Mrs. Hewitt was a former employee of Wilkins Airforce Depot in Shelby. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Shelby.

Funeral Services will be held friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Turner Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. Carl G. Beighley, officiating. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery in Shelby. Friends may call Thursday from 2-4 and from 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.