Leona M. Gerritzen, 91, died Monday, Oct. 18, 2010.
She was born Jan. 9, 1919, in Olmitz, to Joseph and Christina (Schenk) Jilg. She was married to Louis Gerritzen. The couple farmed in the Piqua area. He is deceased.
She is survived by a sister, Betty Gross; brother, Carl and his wife, Tessie; sisters-in-law, Marie Jilg, Patty Stich, Dorothy Menke, Bernice Houpt and Helen Denton; numerous nieces and nephews; great- nieces and nephews; and two great-great-nieces.
Her brothers, Aaron, Paul and Jack, a sister, Sr. Anastasia Jilg, and brother-in-law, Elmer Gross, died earlier.
Rosary will be recited at 9:30 a.m. Friday with a funeral Mass following at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Wichita. Interment will be at 3 p.m. Friday in St. Martin’s Catholic Cemetery in Piqua.
DeVorss Flanagan-Hunt Mortuary, Wichita, is in charge of arrangements.
Leona Gerritzen
