Sorry Bev, I misread your message and thought you were asking for Jane's line of descent. Paul Lewis is from Tobias Himes line-if you need more let me know: Paul son of William Franklin Himes and Amanda Smith, son of Jonas Jesse Himes and Sara Baddorf, son of Tobias Himes and Elizabeth Hetrick, som of William Himes and Anna Barbara Hetrick, son of John George jr., and Rosina Miller. Need more? Mary On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:04:57 -0800, Beverly wrote > 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 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by N2Net Mailshield, and is > believed to be clean. -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)