Frederick Nicholas Steinmetz

Frederick Nicholas Steinmetz, age 95, of Hillsboro, Missouri, passed away peacefully on August 19, 2026. He was born June 7, 1931, in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Frederick Christian Steinmetz and Arlene Pfeiffer Steinmetz. He graduated from Jennings High School in 1949 and was an active member of the Jennings High School Alumni Reunion Group for 77 years. Fred served in the Army on the Honest John Missile Battery. He graduated from St Louis University in 1953 with a Bachelor's in Business. Likewise, completed a Master's in Business. Fred worked for McDonnell Aircraft Company in St Louis as a computer programmer for business machines for over 20 years. After he retired from McDonnell Douglas, he volunteered for a number of years in the Hillsboro Sheriff’s Office, helping and serving the community. His hobbies included boating, water-skiing, flying as a civilian pilot, loved opera, poetry, and reading through the Bible morning and evening for decades. Fred also loved to travel and see new and exotic places. Fred traveled to Brazil, many islands, and took several Windjammer cruises along the coast of South America, traveling up the Amazon River. Fred traveled extensively around Europe, from Norway to southern Italy. He traveled with his nephew across the UK to Edinburgh, Scotland, and to the tip of Britain and the Cliffs of Dover in an American minivan (“on the wrong side of the road!”), navigating by paper maps and singing Italian opera along the way. Fred was an active member and in lay leadership at Belews Creek Chapel. A devoted Christian who loved his Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Fred is survived by his sister-in-law Sharon Steinmetz, and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins. Karen Steinmetz Dantzler(Mitch) and family, Jon Steinmetz(Christina) and family, Laurie Steinmetz Young(Darryl) and family, Robert Steinmetz(Robin) and family, and Matthew Steinmetz. He was preceded in death by his loving parents and, a month earlier, his younger brother and best friend, Colonel (retired) Lyle “Beau” Steinmetz. The funeral service will be Saturday, August 29, 2026, at 11 AM, with visitation thirty minutes before the service, at the Robert D. Brown Funeral home, 103 4th St, Hillsboro, MO. Burial will be at Belews Creek Chapel Cemetery, 8144 Hillsboro-House Springs Rd, Hillsboro, MO, following the service. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Belews Creek Chapel and Cemetery fund.

Frederick Nicholas Steinmetz

June 7, 1931 - August 19, 2026