ALITZ, Mary L. (HOLMES)
ALITZ, HOLMES, BATTLESON
Posted By: Sharon R. Becker (email)
Date: 10/25/2017 at 10:38:02
Obituary ~ Mary L. (Holmes) Alitz
October 09, 1919 ~ Septemeber 16, 2016The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
September 18, 2016DES MOINES — Mary L. Alitz, 96, died Friday, September 16, 2016, at Fleur Heights Care Center in Des Moines.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, from 5 to 7 p.m. with a vigil service at 6:30 p.m. at Hamilton’s Southtown Funeral Home, 5400 S.W. Ninth St., Des Moines.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at Christ the King Catholic Church, 5711 S.W. Ninth St., Des Moines. Mary will be laid to rest at 1 p.m. at St. John’s Cemetery in Cumming, Iowa.
Mary was born Oct. 9, 1919, in Mason City, Iowa, to Thomas and Margaret Holmes. She married Bill Alitz on Jan. 18, 1938. Together they had six children. She retired from Principal Financial Group. Mary was loved and respected by everyone whose lives she touched. She loved traveling, flowers, birds and spending time with her family and friends.
Mary is survived by her daughter, Joan Battleson; sons, John Alitz, Dick (Lois) Alitz, Mike (Sandy) Alitz, Pat (Jeanne) Alitz and Tim (Teri) Alitz; 23 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; 16 great-great-grandchildren; and a host of extended family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Alitz; grandchildren, Stephanie and Ted Alitz; daughter-in-law, Barb Alitz; and her son-in-law, Dick Battleson.
Memorial contributions may be directed to Christ the King Catholic School.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2017
Cerro Gordo Obituaries maintained by Lynn Diemer-Mathews.
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