Lenora May Fritz

Columbia City - Mrs. Lenora Fritz, 74, of Columbia City, died at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, following an illness of several years. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nott, she was born July 31, 1909 in Michigan. In Kendallville on Dec. 11, 1926 she was united in marriage to Harold J. Fritz, who died March 16, 1979. Mrs. Fritz formerly attended the Troy Presbyterian Church and was a member of the Eagles Auxiliary, Columbia City. Surviving are two sons, Dean Fritz, Columbia City, and Keith Fritz, Fort Wayne; one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Marilyn) Elkins, Columbia City; four sisters, Mrs. Richard (Florence) Hazelton and Mrs. Ruth Sayles, both of Kendallville, Mrs. Charles (Margaret) Foote, Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Bernice Becker, Fort Wayne; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Two sons and two daughters are deceased. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday in the Hollingsworth Memorial Chapel, Columbia City. Internment will follow in the Oak Grove cemetery near Columbia City. Friends may call in the chapel from 2-9 p.m. Friday. --- transcribed from TImes-Union newspaper, Warsaw, Ind., published Wednesday, May 9, 1984.