This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SPITZER, LEAVE, WALLACE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/12074 Message Board Post: DES MOINES, Iowa - Van Spitzer, 50, died Wednesday (Aug. 17, 2005) at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. He was born in Corry, the son of Donald and Nyla Wallace Spitzer. He graduated from Sherman Central School, Allegheny College and the University of Denver. He was employed by Hyatt Regency Hotels for 18 years, Marriott Hotel for four years and had worked for Sheraton West Des Moines Hotel as general manager for the past eight years. He was past chairman for the Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau, past president of the Iowa Lodging Association, member of West Des Moines rotary Club, Lutheran Church of Hope and Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. Besides his parents of Williamsburg, Va., he is survived by his wife of 26 years, Linda Leave; two sons: Brent and Jonathan ''Jay'' Spitzer, and a brother, Eric Spitzer of Lincoln, Neb. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines. Burial services will be held later in Clymer.