- Date Of Birth: October 23, 1934
- Date Of Death: February 17, 2018
- State: Idaho
Lou Ann Fitzwater, 83, of Boise, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday evening, February 17, 2018.
Lou Ann was born on October 23, 1934 in Anita, Iowa. She was the fourth child of Norine (Hall) and Harold Duff’s five children. Shortly after the start of WWII the family moved to Tustin, California where Lou Ann grew up and married her first husband, Robert Wickliff. During the 12 year marriage they had two children, a boy Philip Wickliff and a daughter Sharon (Chaney). They later divorced.
She then met and fell in love with her second husband, Jonathan R. Fitzwater, a professional Marine who was stationed at El Toro Marine Corps Air station just outside of Tustin, California. They were married December 4, 1965.
In 1974, Jon retired from the Marine Corps and in 1976 they moved to Boise, Idaho.
She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Jonathan; sons, Philip (Di) of Boise, Darrell (Rhonda) of Boise, Derek (Nicolle) of Boise; daughter, Kimmie (Matthew) Strang of Vancouver, WA; sixteen grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Ted and Gene; sister, Doris; and a daughter, Sharon.
