Wirtz, Lucille Princella (1920 – 2008)

WIRTZ, SMITH, STOLTZ

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/5/2013 at 12:07:21

Name of deceased: Lucille Princella Wirtz (nee Smith)

Aged: 87 yrs, 2 mo, 15 days

Residence: Elm Crest Retirement Community, Harlan, IA

Born: Oct. 29, 1920, Panama, IA

Died: Jan. 13, 2008, Myrtue Memorial Hospital, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Friday, January 18, 2008, St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Harlan, IA; Father Robert Hoefler celebrating. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Panama, IA.

Survived by: nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Frank M. and Lena S. (nee Stoltz) Smith; husband, Al Wirtz (deceased July 25, 1995); brothers, Jack Smith and Ural Smith

Education: attended St. Mary’s School, Panama (IA) through Grade 8

Religious affiliation: baptized on Dec. 12, 1920 at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church, Panama, IA

Marriage: Frank Alphonse Wirtz, July 30, 1942, St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church, Omaha, NE

Employment: before her marriage, she cleaned houses; after her marriage, she sometimes followed her husband as he drove trucks for Western Engineering.

Hobbies/Interests: Member, St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Harlan, IA. She enjoyed cooking and listening to country music.

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