Pitts, Cleta (1926 - 2016)

PITTS, LANGENFELD, SCHMITZ, MCGREW, DOTE, PARSON, BORCHER, UTTERBACK, VAN KOOTEN, WEST, CHAPMAN, STREHLE, MYERS, VAN LEUVEN, YENNERRELL, SEIMER, COENEN, PEDROW, GROSS, DOMINO, WAGEMAN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 3/2/2016 at 19:50:16

Name of deceased: Cleta Catherine Pitts (nee Langenfeld)

Aged: 89 yrs, 3 mo, 4 days

Residence: Oskaloosa, IA

Born: Nov. 24, 1926; Westphalia, IA

Died: Feb. 28, 2016; Des Moines, IA

Funeral services: Mass of the Christian Burial: Thursday, March 3, 2016, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Oskaloosa, IA; burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery at Oskaloosa, IA

Survived by: Husband of 65 years, Carl Pitts of Oskaloosa, IA; sons, Tom (spouse, Sue) Pitts of Oskaloosa, IA, Mike Pitts of Otley, IA, and Paul (spouse, Julie) Pitts of Oskaloosa, IA; daughter, Cathy (spouse, Jim) McGrew of Oskaloosa, IA; grandchildren, Brandy Pitts, Shannon (spouse, Joe) Dote, Angela (spouse, Luke) Parson, Dawn (spouse, John) Borcher, Christy Jo (spouse, Shane) Utterback, Michelle (spouse, Jamie) Van Kooten, Lisa (spouse, Bob) West, Jamie (spouse, Jason) Chapman, Michael Lee Pitts Jr., Luke Pitts, Valerie (spouse, Josh) Strehle, Jesse (spouse, Nicole) Pitts, Jason spouse, Hailey) Myers, Josh Myers, Jessica (spouse, Eric) Van Leuven, and Melissa Yennerrell; 43 great-grandchildren; foster son, Sid Quintero of Oskaloosa, IA and his daughters Leona Hanna and Amy Stone; sisters, Helen Seimer of Dow City, IA; Dee Coenen of Woodward, IA; brother, Greg Langenfeld of Dunlap, IA; sister-in-law, Mamie Pedrow of KS

Predeceased by: Parents, George and Anna (nee Schmitz) Langenfeld; brothers, Leo, Ray, Linus, and Edwin Langenfeld; sisters, Lolly Gross, Irene Domino, Theresa Wageman and an infant sister, Althea Langenfeld; sisters-in-law, Theresa, Marie, Josephine “Joie” and Helen Langenfeld; great-grandchild, Zachary Van Kooten

Education: Graduated from St. Boniface High School, Westphalia, IA, Class of 1944

Religious affiliation: member, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Oskaloosa, IA; former member, St. Boniface Catholic Church, Westphalia, IA, where she was a member of the choir; member, Catholic Daughters of Ottumwa

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Carl Pitts; April 18, 1950; location not provided

Employment: worked as a nanny and did housekeeping for families in the Westphalia, IA area until her marriage

Hobbies/Interests: crocheting; travel; time with family

Sources: knodfm.com; gvlfuneralchapel.com