This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CUMMINS, SITZES, KELSEY, BOYCE, PROETZ, TEILHET, UTLAUT Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lNB.2ACI/4187 Message Board Post: Lily Gertrude Sitzes of Eureka, MO, formerly of Tiff, died Monday, January 2, 2006 at the Marymount Manor Nursing Home. She was born November 1, 1903 at Tiff, MO, a daughter of the late Willis and Bellda (Paul) Cummins. She was united in marriage to Mason Walter Sitzes in 1903 and to this union two sons were born. Mr. Sitzes preceded her in death in 1952. They shared over twenty-two years of their life together. She was a loving and devoted wife and mother. She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Potosi and a long time member of the Eastern Star. Lily was very active in clubs and community affairs. She loved to travel and some of her hobbies were flower arranging and oil painting. Lily also ran a country general store in combination with the post office which she served almost fifty years in the community of Tiff, MO. In addition to her parents and husband, Lily was preceded in death by a son, Richard Sitzes; three brothers, Thomas Cummins, Edward Cummins and Samuel Cummins, and three sisters, Grace Cummins, Margaret Kelsey and Kitty Bell Stizes. Those who remain to mourn the passing of her life are her son Mason Sitzes and wife Mary of Pacific; three grandchildren, Karen Boyce and husband Leon of Pacific; James Sitzes of Charlottesville, Virginia and Richard Sitzes and wife Angeles of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; three great-grandchildren Aric Boyce, Kyle Boyce and Leana Boyce; one great-great-granddaughter, Kaleigh Ann Proetz; a special niece, Carol Teilhet of Fairborn, Ohio; nephew, Thomas Cummins of Destin, Florida; niece, Marilyn Utlaut and husband Gene of LaGrange, Texas and many other relatives and friends who will sadly miss her. Funeral services were conducted at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, January 5, 2006 at the Britton Chapel, Potosi, with Rev. Don Kuehle officiating. Serving as pallbearers were: Junior Fryman, Pug Fryman, Wallace Henderson, Robert Simpson, Aric Boyce and Kyle Boyce. Interment and final prayers were held at the Blackwell Masonic Cemetery, Blackwell, Missouri. All arrangements were entrusted to the care of Britton Funeral Home, Potosi. Independent Journal, Potosi, MO, Thursday, January 12, 2006