et zer ▁was ▁buried ▁in ▁C ana an , ▁Ohio . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁listed ▁in ▁the ▁en cyc lo pa edia ▁of ▁Cleveland ▁History . ▁ ▁Career ▁He ▁worked ▁briefly ▁for ▁the ▁Ak ron ▁Be acon ▁Journal ▁and ▁published ▁several ▁books , ▁two ▁of ▁them ▁based ▁on ▁his ▁Te ut onic ▁folk ▁hero , ▁Re ini ▁K ugel . ▁ ▁While ▁working ▁at ▁the ▁Ak ron ▁Be acon ▁Journal , ▁his ▁des k ▁sat ▁adjacent ▁to ▁writer ▁Joseph ine ▁Van ▁de ▁Gr ift , ▁column ist ▁of ▁Dem i - T asse ▁and ▁Mrs . ▁Grund y . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁Joseph ine ' s ▁neighbor ▁when ▁he ▁lived ▁at ▁ 5 0 8 ▁B ucht el ▁Avenue ▁in ▁Ak ron . ▁ ▁Upon ▁her ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 7 , ▁H erman ▁wrote ▁a ▁full ▁front ▁page ▁t ribute ▁to ▁Joseph ine ▁for ▁the ▁Ak ron ▁Be acon ▁Journal ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 1 9 2 7 ▁which ▁was ▁repr int ed ▁in ▁November ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁year . ▁ ▁F et zer ' s ▁reputation ▁spread ▁as ▁he ▁published ▁articles , ▁po ems , ▁and ▁stories ▁in ▁The ▁New ▁York er , ▁The ▁Nation , ▁Col lier ' s , ▁and ▁Liber ty . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁sum mers ▁of ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁and ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁he ▁wrote ▁the ▁Con ning ▁Tower ▁column ▁for ▁the ▁vac ation ing ▁Franklin ▁Pier ce ▁Adams ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁World . ▁