Michelle Fick Pitzen (2003)

PITZEN, FICK, VAUGHN

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 12/12/2006 at 10:10:42

Winterset Madisonian
June 25, 2003

Michelle Pitzen, Peru

Michelle Lynn Pitzen, 31, of Peru died June 12, 2003 as the result of an auto accident.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 17, at the Peru United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dennis Shepherd officiating. Burial was at Peru Cemetery.

Michelle Pitzen was born April 22, 1972, in Boone to Bruce A. and Patricia K. (Vaughn) Fick. She was a 1990 graduate of Bondurant-Farrar High School and Des Moines Area Community College where she obtained her dental hygienist certification. On May 30, 1998, she was united in marriage to Troy J. Pitzen at the United Methodist Church in Santiago. Michelle, a resident of the Peru community for the past five years, was a dental hygienist in Pleasantville for Dr. Thomas Mohr. She was a member of the National Barrel Horse Association and the Peru United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Betty and Walter Vaughn and Arnold and Violet Fick.

She is survived by her husband, Troy, of Peru; three sons, Kolt Pitzen and twins Kade Pitzen and Kyle Pitzen; her parents, Bruce and Patricia Fick of Mitchellville; a brother, Brent Fick of Mitchellville; and a sister, Karie Fick of Mitchellville.

Contributions may be directed to the family for a memorial to be decided at a later date.

Funeral arrangements were handled by Kale Funeral Homes of Osceola and Truro.