Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Lutz, Irvin S. January 17, 2012 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon S. M. shabodeho@aol.com January 22, 2012, 9:57 pm Published in Lebanon Daily News on January 19, 2012 Irvin S. Lutz LEBANON Irvin S. Lutz, 58, died Tuesday, January 17, 2012, in the Lebanon Good Samaritan Hospital. He was the husband of Deborah L. nee Bohr Lutz with whom he had celebrated a 37th wedding anniversary on October 19th. He was born in Lebanon on October 16, 1953, a son of the late Ernest I. and Anna M. Gettle Lutz. He was a graduate of ELCO High School class of 1972. Following high school he began his career at Murry's, Inc., in Lebanon where he eventually became plant manager in 1993. He was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church. Irv was very active in Lebanon area sports, having played baseball in high school. He then transitioned from baseball to fastpitch softball, playing from 1968 to 2000. He played for, and later managed, the South Lebanon Softball franchise. In 1978 he attained 1st team all-American status as a catcher and in 2003 was inducted into the Central PA Sports Hall of Fame. In later years he coached for the Northern Lebanon High School softball team and conducted pitching clinics. He also continued the family tradition of managing the former Prescott Softball field which is now known as the Lutz Family Field. In addition to his wife he is survived by sons, Andrew J. and wife Lisa Batz Lutz; Matthew R. and fiance Jessica Mathews; granddaughter: Mia Colleen Lutz; brother: Lee E. and wife Robin Lutz, and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by sisters: Edna L. Lutz in 1942, Joyce A. Lutz in 1959; brothers: Harold L. "Hal" Lutz in 1997, Kenneth E. Lutz in 2011 and Barry L. Lutz in 2011. Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. in Messiah Lutheran Church , 1800 Oak St., Lebanon, PA 17042. There will be a viewing on Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Rohland Funeral Home, 508 Cumberland St., Lebanon, and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to the time of service at the church. Published in Lebanon Daily News on January 19, 2012 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb