This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Holtz, Bixler, Smithwick, Sinkler, Roglic, Schero, Waite Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/656 Message Board Post: Mrs. Ruth M. Holtz - Hastings, Mi, Passed away May 4, 2002. Mrs. Holtz was born in Kalamazoo, MI, on February 23, 1935. She was a former employee of the Delton, Felpausch Food Center. Mrs. Holtz was a member of the VFW Post #422 Auxi-liary in Delton, where she was past president numerous times. She helped form the Sweet Adelines of Delton. She enjoyed singing, horses, snowmobiling and playing cards, especially pinochle. Mrs. Holtz loved pictures of sunsets, collecting clowns and music boxes. She is survived by her husband, Perry Holtz, whom she married April 17, 1954; her mother, Dorothy Bixler of Kalamazoo; sons, Gary Holtz of Hastings, Gregory Holtz of Cloverdale, Mark (Judy) Holtz of Sturgis; daughters, Perrilyn (Dave) Smithwick of Sturgis, and Denise Holtz of Lake Odessa; sisters, Shirley (Jim) Sinkler of Allegan, Helen (Joe) Roglic of Kalamazoo, Patricia Schero of Otsego, Nancy (Richard) Waite of Bangor, and Barbara Bixler of Kalamazoo; 9 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchi! ldren; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive visitors today (Monday) 5-8 p.m. at the Williams-Gores Funeral Home Delton where Funeral Services will be conducted Tuesday, May 7, 2002 at 1 p.m., Pastor Jeff Worden officiating. Interment Fort Custer Natio-nal Cemetery, Augusta, MI. Memorial contributions to Delton VFW Post #422 Auxiliary will be appreciated. source: Kal-amazoo Gazette May 6, 2002 (submitted by a volunteer, not a family member)