Harold Wirtz

Harold Wirtz, 82Sun City resident Harold Edward Wirtz died Feb. 26, 2008 at Hospice of Arizona in Peoria.A memorial service will be conducted 1 p.m. Saturday, March 22 at the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge, 12851 N. 19th Ave.Mr. Wirtz was born Nov. 12, 1925 in Boone, Iowa, on November 12, 1925. He moved to Phoenix in 1960 and lived in Sun City for the past nine years.He was a retired Phoenix police officer. He worked on the railroad in Iowa and served as a pilot in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Harold and Arlene were married for 57 years prior her death in 2001.Mr. Wirtz is survived by two sons, Harold V. Wirtz of Glendale and Mark E Wirtz of Tucson; one daughter, Debra J. Minott of Scottsdale; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.