Robert W Hintz

Memorial services for Robert W. Hintz will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 24, 2015 at Salem Lutheran Church.  Rev. Mark Niethammer will officiate.  Interment will be at a later date at the Mansfield Cemetery.  Visitation will begin 30 minutes prior to the service at the church.  
Robert Hintz, 92, of Albert Lea, retired operator of Land O Lakes Cafeteria died Sunday, October 11, 2015 at St. John’s Lutheran Community.  Robert donated his body to the Mayo Foundation for Medical Research.  
Robert was born in rural Faribault County on November 16, 1922 to Ervin and Sarah Hintz.  He attended country school #118, known as the Hintz School.  He worked on various farms and in 1939 moved to Kiester with his family and worked in the family business, the Kiester Hotel and Bar.  In 1959 he attended the Rehabilitation Center for the Blind in Minneapolis.  In 1965 Robert moved to Albert Lea from Kiester and operated the Land O Lakes Cafeteria for 20 years.  He was a member of Salem Lutheran Church.  Robert enjoyed fishing and listening to the MN Twins and Vikings.  
Survivors include his nieces, nephews, cousins, sister-in-law Evelyn (Ivan) Hintz of Stewartville and companion Delores Glassel of Albert Lea.  
Robert was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Evan, Elton and Ivan, sister Ardis Peterson and nephews Steven, Richard, and Douglas Peterson and Neal Hintz.