GO Steelers!!!!! This family is not mine but had to respond to a Steeler fan!! Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly" <bevart@frontiernet.net> To: <paclario@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 6:04 PM Subject: [PACLARIO] Fw: Obituaries, The Derrick, January 30, 2009 > Hi all, > Edward Willis REITZ is a distant relative of mine. If anyone wants more on > his maternal ancestry, please let me know. > His step-father was Paul HIMES and I have nothing on him, except for his > name. I do have other HIMES in my records, but haven't connected him? > Anyone > know? > Thank you. > Bev in Calif. > GO Steelers!!! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ellis Weller" <eweller@csonline.net> > To: <PACLARIO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 6:53 AM > Subject: [PACLARIO] Obituaries, The Derrick, January 30, 2009 > > >> The Derrick, January 30, 2009: > >> Edward W. Reitz, Distant > >> Edward W. Reitz, 72, of Distant, passed away Wednesday morning, Jan. >> 28, 2009, at his residence. >> >> Born Jan. 12, 1937, in Jefferson County, he was the son of Paul Himes >> and Ethel June Reitz Himes. >> >> He was first married to the former Mary E. Raybuck, who preceded him >> in death. >> >> He was then married Jan. 26, 1980, to the former Thelma L. Pettigrew, >> who survives. >> >> Mr. Reitz was a self-employed mechanic. >> >> He was a U.S. Marine and was a veteran of the Korean War. >> >> Mr. Reitz is survived by his mother, Ethel June Himes of Lake Milton, >> Ohio; his wife, Thelma L. Reitz of Distant; five sons, Willis Reitz of >> Grafton, Ohio, Robert Reitz and his wife, Theresa, of Mesquite, Texas, >> David Reitz of Niles, Ohio, Rodney Reitz of Niles, Ohio, and Paul >> Reitz and his wife, Suzy, of Niles, Ohio; and one daughter, Mary Ann >> Reitz and her companion, Randy, of Niles, Ohio. >> >> He is also survived by a stepdaughter, Debbie Beecher of Pennsylvania; >> and two brothers, Lewis "Toe" Himes and his wife, Maxine, of Fairmount >> City, and Kenneth Himes and his wife, Sharon, of Florida. >> >> Mr. Reitz was preceded in death by his father, Paul Himes; his first >> wife, Mary E. Reitz; a sister, Betty Fenstermaker; a brother, Robert >> Himes; a grandson, Travis Reitz Hoover; a nephew, Clifford >> Fenstermaker Jr.; a great-niece, Amber Himes; and a great-nephew, >> Matthew Smith. >> >> Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Alcorn >> Funeral Home in Hawthorn. >> >> Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home >> with pastor James Steinglass of Zion Lutheran Church in Shannondale >> officiating. >> >> Interment will be in Markton Cemetery, Oliver Township, Jefferson >> County. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACLARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >