STORTZ, Willard Raymond 1922-1998

STORTZ, NELSON, GREINER, CRITES, BLAKLEY

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 3/7/2013 at 15:09:31

The Fairfield Ledger (Ia.)
Friday, April 24, 1998

Willard Raymond Stortz

Willard Raymond Stortz, 75, of Libertyville, died at 4 a.m. Thursday, April 23, 1998, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics of Iowa City.

Funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Clear Creek with the Rev. Timothy Regan officiating. Burial will be in the St. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Clear Creek. Visitation at Behner Funeral Home will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday with rosary service at 7 p.m. Family visitation will follow. Memorials may be made to masses or the Knights of Columbus Lodge.

Mr. Stortz was born June 18, 1822, in Fairfield, the son of Henry Albert and Bertha A. Nelson Stortz. He married Rosanna M. Greiner Sept. 3, 1951, in Fairfield. She died April 26, 1996.

He lived in the Fairfield community his entire life. He was a farmer for more than 40 years. He was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus in Fairfield.

Survivors include three sisters, Helen Crites and Margaret, both of San Diego, and Betty Blakley of Phoenix; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

He also was preceded in death by his parents.

(Transcribed for genealogy purposes only. I am of no relation.)

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Administrator: the connection to Allamakee county isn't obvious in this obit - it's possible that the contributor mistakenly placed it with Allamakee co. obits or that there is a family connection. Anyone knowing a possible tie to Allamakee please contact the board administrator so it can be added here as a notation. Thanks!