Fitz Lee H. Coker ’58

Fitz died July 14, 2025, in Boseman, Mont. He was 89.

He came to Princeton from Woodberry Forest, where he was on the football, wrestling, and track teams. At Princeton, he was on freshman football and played rugby. Fitz was the secretary of Cottage Club, majored in mechanical engineering, and was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

After graduation, Fitz served six months in the Army and then went to work for Sonoco Products Co. in Hartsville, S.C. He held many positions with that company and retired in 1979 as senior vice president and CEO of Sonoco International.

Fitz married Edna Wardlaw between junior and senior years at Princeton, and they had five children, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. In 1979, they moved to Key West, Fla., and spent half a year in Boseman.

The class extends its deepest sympathy to them all.