Rodney Ray Schwitzer

Rodney Ray Schwitzer, 69, of Tipton, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016, at University of Iowa Hospital. Visitation will be held on Monday, February 1st from 4:00-7:00 pm at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, February 2nd at 10:30 am, Fry Funeral Home. Burial and graveside service will be at Tipton Masonic Cemetery. A memorial fund in Rodney's honor has been established. Online condolences may be shared at www.fryfuneralhome.com. Rodney's life journey began on October 31, 1946, in Iowa City, Iowa, where he was born to Ray and Duetta (Drager) Schwitzer. He graduated from Tipton High School in 1965. He graduated from Truman State University (formerly Northeast Missouri State) in 1969. Rodney served our country in the Army National Guard for six years. He was united in marriage to Barbara Jean Weaver in April 1973. He started out farming before working for Buesing's Automotive in Davenport and Buesing's Iowa Generator in Cedar Rapids and then became the owner/operator of Buesing's Automotive and Buesing's Iowa Generator and several NAPA auto parts stores. Rodney is survived by his wife of 42 years, Barbara; four sons, Matthew Schwitzer and children, Alex and Milena of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Aaron and Alicia Schwitzer and their children, Dawsyn and Landon of Keller, Texas, Kevan Schwitzer of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Johnathan Schwitzer of Fort Worth, Texas; his mother, Duetta Schwitzer of Tipton and daughter in-law, Jennifer Schwitzer. He was preceded in death by his father, Ray Schwitzer and his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Lillian and Bill Weaver; brother-in-law, Bill Weaver and sister-in-law, Dorothy Broyles.