Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Reitz, Virginia Mary April 30, 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net May 12, 2010, 3:25 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, date unknown Virginia Mary Reitz, 79, of Lowell-Belding died Wednesday evening April 30, 2003 at her home with her family by her side. She was born February 3, 1924 at home in Keene Township, the daughter of Anthony and Edith Daller Reitz. She graduated from St. Peter and Paul High School in Ionia. She worked at Briemayer Chevrolet for 50 years. Virginia was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church. She is survived by her brothers, Father William Reitz of Carson City, Margaret and Howard Scheid of Belding and Father Joseph Anthony Reitz of Lowell- Belding. She is also survived by her nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her birth mother Edith in 1927, her father Anthony in 1960, and Mable Hausbach Reitz in 1984. Mabel Reitz was the real mother who raised Virginia and her siblings and taught them the principles of the Catholic faith. Mass of Christian burial is 11 a.m. Monday at St. Mary Catholic Church with Father William Reitz, Father Joseph Reitz and Father Troy Nevis concelebrating. Interment will be in St. Mary Catholic Cemetery. Visitation is 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday at Johnson- Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding with a Rosary being prayed at 7 p.m. Memorials may be given to St. Mary Catholic Church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/reitz4030nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb