Mildred Irene Spritzer, 81 of Frontenac, died February 23, 2021 at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo. She was born September 9, 1939 in Columbus, to Mildred and Walter O. Brown. Irene graduated from Pittsburg High School in 1957, then went on to attend Kansas State Teachers College where she received her degree in Elementary Education, she taught school in Peabody. Mildred and Michael Spritzer were u…