HOLBERT-MERTZ, Mary Jo

HOLBERT-MERTZ, DAUGHRITY, MORRIS, FISHER

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 10/4/2007 at 21:15:47

"The Fairfield Ledger", Monday, October 1, 2007, Page 8

HOLBERT-MERTZ, Mary Jo -- Mary Jo HOLBERT-MERTZ, 70, of Keosauqua, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.

A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Keosauqua Congregational Church, with the Rev. Harold Schnedler officiating. The body has been cremated.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. Memorials may be brought to the service or mailed to the family at PO Box 217, Keosauqua 52565.

Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua assisted the family with arrangements.

Mrs. HOLBERT-MERTZ was born Aug. 21, 1927, in Keosauqua, the daughter of Harold Holbert and Josephine DAUGHRITY MORRIS. She married Stan MERTZ. They later divorced.

Mrs. HOLBERT-MERTZ graduated from Keosauqua High School in 1955 and attended Northeast Missouri State Teachers College in Kirksville, Mo. She had been a resident of Country Lane Apartments in Keosauqua.

Survivors include two children, Michael MERTZ of McKinney, Texas, and Stephanie FISHER of Cave Creek, Ariz.; three grandchildren; and two brothers, Ben MORRIS of Keosauqua and Paul MORRIS of Keota.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.