OBIT: Robert W. REITZ, 1989, Shanksville, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by John C. Oester. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ REITZ Ronald W. Reitz, 44, of Shanksville, died Dec. 9, 1989, at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born June 26, 1945, in Shade Township, son of the late Jennings B. Reitz and Alice (Baker) Reitz of Shanksville. Survived by a son, Jonathan B., of Davidsville; sister, Joyce E. of Shanksville; maternal grandmother, Iva Baker of Ogletown; aunts, Willa M. Reitz of Windber, Lena Damewood of North Carolina, Jean Debaugh of Florida; uncles, Phillip Reitz of Cairnbrook, Ray Baker of Maryland, and Irvin Baker of Slatington, Pa.; and very special great-aunt, Anna Grace Hoffman of Ogletown. Graduate of Penn State Univeristy. Member of the Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity. Former employee of The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat and the Department of Public Welfare. Member of St. Mark Lutheran Church, Shanksville, and the NRA. Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown, where service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Rev. Horst H. Handle officiating. Interment, McGregor Cemetery, Cairnbrook. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mark Lutheran Church Memorial Fund. Daily American, December 11, 1989 [R351]