Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kroetsch , Wilfred  October 22, 2002
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Huron Daily Tribune October 22, 2002   
Wilfred Kroetsch 
June 20, 1921 - October 19, 2002
Mr. Wilfred Kroetsch, 81, of Minden City passed away Saturday evening, October 
19, 2002, at St. Mary Medical Center of Saginaw.   Wilfred was born on June 20, 
1921, in Snover to the late Charles and Hilda (Hergott) Kroetsch.   He married 
Virginia Schumacher (Heilig) on January 17, 1953, at Sts. Peter and Paul 
Catholic Church in Ruth.   Wilfred managed the Minden City Little League 
Baseball Team for years.  He was a pitcher in the 1950s for the Minden City 
Team in the Sanilac County Baseball League.  He owned and operated the Silver 
Star Gardens from 1950 to 1957.  He worked for twelve years at the Minden City 
Lumberyard.  He then went into the construction business, which he retired from 
in 1990.  He built and owned the local car wash for 31 years.  He was a 
lifetime member of many organizations, including the Minden City Lions Club and 
Fire Department and the Ruth Knights of Columbus, where he was a former Grand 
Knight.  He served on the Minden City School Board and Village Council.  He was 
a lifelong member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Ruth where he 
served on the cemetery committee.  He bowled for many years with the Farmers 
Elevator League of Minden City. 
He sponsored a ladies bowling team from the Minden City Car Wash for many 
years.   

Wilfred is survived by his wife, Virginia, of Minden City; three sons, Thomas 
Heilig and his wife, Martha, of Georgetown, Texas, Roger Kroetsch and his 
fiancee, Carol Hutchinson, of Cass City, Terry Kroetsch and his wife, Sue, of 
Ubly; three daughters, Wendy Maier and her husband, Albert, of Palms, Jo'Ann 
Zdrojewski and her husband, Phillip, of Palms, Barbara Partaka and her husband, 
Joseph, of Minden City; one daughter-in-law, Janice (Heilig) Kaufman and her 
husband, Bob, of Minden City; 18 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren, four 
brothers, his twin, Willard Kroetsch and his wife, Shirley, of Snover, Leon 
Kroetsch of Flint, Jerome Kroetsch of Ghana, Africa, and Gerald Kroetsch and 
his wife, Suzanne, of Snover; one sister, Katheleen Rich and her husband, 
Vernon, of Sandusky; two sisters-in-law, Eileen Pelot of Minden City, Mary Ann 
Schumacher of Kinde.   Wilfred was preceded in death by one son, John Heilig; 
one grandson, Daniel Kroetsch; one great-grandson, Conner Tarzwell; two 
sisters, Helen Reinelt and Ruth Westbrook; two brothers-in-law, Scott Westbrook 
and Gerald Reinelt; one sister-in-law, Georgine Kroetsch; two daughters-in-law, 
Sandra Kroetsch and Fay Heilig.   

Funeral mass for Wilfred Kroetsch will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday, October 24, 
2002, at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church of Ruth. The Rev. Steve Gavit, 
pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. There will be a 
Knights of Columbus rosary at 8 p.m. today and a parish vigil service at 8 p.m. 
on Wednesday at the Smigielski Funeral Home on Cass Avenue in Minden City.   
Visitation will be from 6:30 to 9:30 today and from 12 to 9:30 p.m. on 
Wednesday at the funeral home and from 10 to 11 a.m. on Thursday at the church
Huron Daily Tribune October 22, 2002   

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