Gertrude T. Stitz, 96,
retired nurse, volunteer
Getrude T. Stitz, 96, of 2741 N. Salisbury St., WL, died at 3:22 p.m. Tuesday in Westminster Healthcare. She had been ill four months.
Born on March 28, 1896, in Lafayette, she was raised here and spent most of her life in this area.
Miss Stitz graduated from St. James Lutheran Grade School and Jefferson High School. She was a 1921 graduate of Home Hospital Training School for Nurses, and she did post graduate work at Western Reserve University Hospital in Ohio and received her degree in 1932.
She did private duty nursing most of her life in Lafayette and the surrounding counties with the exception of two years when she was on the staff of Mound Park City Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., and at Seaside Hospital in Long Beach, Calif. From 1921 until her retirement in 1974, she was a nurse. After she retired, she was a volunteer at Home Hospital, St. James Lutheran Church and Westminster Village.
Miss Stitz was a life member, and, until her death, the oldest living member of St. James Lutheran Church. She also was a member of the Ladies Society, Lutheran Womens Missionary League, Lutheran Camp Association, Home Hospital and Alumnae Association, and was past president of Private Duty Section of the State Nurses Association.
She was a member of the Red Cross and in 1978 was given the Volunteer Award for Older Americans. The Lafayette Exchange Club gave her the Golden Deeds Award in 1980, and she received the Indiana State Volunteer Governor's Action Healthcare Award in 1983.
A member of Home Hospital Auxiliary and Delta Sigma Kappa sorority, she was awarded the National Volunteer of America Certificate by the Lafayette Pilot Club on her 95th birthday. She had been a member of the Pilot Club for 50 years.
One sister, Mrs. William (Katherine) Hull of Urbana, Ill., survives.
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STITZ, Gertrude
Calling 5-8 p.m. today at Soller-Baker Lafayette Funeral Home. The body will lie in state in St. James Lutheran Church one hour prior to an 11 a.m. Friday service, Pastor Daniel P. May officiating. Interment Spring Vale Cemetery. Memorials to St. James Lutheran Church or Home Hospital. Several nieces and nephews survive.
Both the obituary and the funeral notice were published in the Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN), on Thursday, July 16, 1992, pg. 16.
retired nurse, volunteer
Getrude T. Stitz, 96, of 2741 N. Salisbury St., WL, died at 3:22 p.m. Tuesday in Westminster Healthcare. She had been ill four months.
Born on March 28, 1896, in Lafayette, she was raised here and spent most of her life in this area.
Miss Stitz graduated from St. James Lutheran Grade School and Jefferson High School. She was a 1921 graduate of Home Hospital Training School for Nurses, and she did post graduate work at Western Reserve University Hospital in Ohio and received her degree in 1932.
She did private duty nursing most of her life in Lafayette and the surrounding counties with the exception of two years when she was on the staff of Mound Park City Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., and at Seaside Hospital in Long Beach, Calif. From 1921 until her retirement in 1974, she was a nurse. After she retired, she was a volunteer at Home Hospital, St. James Lutheran Church and Westminster Village.
Miss Stitz was a life member, and, until her death, the oldest living member of St. James Lutheran Church. She also was a member of the Ladies Society, Lutheran Womens Missionary League, Lutheran Camp Association, Home Hospital and Alumnae Association, and was past president of Private Duty Section of the State Nurses Association.
She was a member of the Red Cross and in 1978 was given the Volunteer Award for Older Americans. The Lafayette Exchange Club gave her the Golden Deeds Award in 1980, and she received the Indiana State Volunteer Governor's Action Healthcare Award in 1983.
A member of Home Hospital Auxiliary and Delta Sigma Kappa sorority, she was awarded the National Volunteer of America Certificate by the Lafayette Pilot Club on her 95th birthday. She had been a member of the Pilot Club for 50 years.
One sister, Mrs. William (Katherine) Hull of Urbana, Ill., survives.
~~~
STITZ, Gertrude
Calling 5-8 p.m. today at Soller-Baker Lafayette Funeral Home. The body will lie in state in St. James Lutheran Church one hour prior to an 11 a.m. Friday service, Pastor Daniel P. May officiating. Interment Spring Vale Cemetery. Memorials to St. James Lutheran Church or Home Hospital. Several nieces and nephews survive.
Both the obituary and the funeral notice were published in the Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN), on Thursday, July 16, 1992, pg. 16.
Gertrude T. Stitz, 96,
retired nurse, volunteer
Getrude T. Stitz, 96, of 2741 N. Salisbury St., WL, died at 3:22 p.m. Tuesday in Westminster Healthcare. She had been ill four months.
Born on March 28, 1896, in Lafayette, she was raised here and spent most of her life in this area.
Miss Stitz graduated from St. James Lutheran Grade School and Jefferson High School. She was a 1921 graduate of Home Hospital Training School for Nurses, and she did post graduate work at Western Reserve University Hospital in Ohio and received her degree in 1932.
She did private duty nursing most of her life in Lafayette and the surrounding counties with the exception of two years when she was on the staff of Mound Park City Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., and at Seaside Hospital in Long Beach, Calif. From 1921 until her retirement in 1974, she was a nurse. After she retired, she was a volunteer at Home Hospital, St. James Lutheran Church and Westminster Village.
Miss Stitz was a life member, and, until her death, the oldest living member of St. James Lutheran Church. She also was a member of the Ladies Society, Lutheran Womens Missionary League, Lutheran Camp Association, Home Hospital and Alumnae Association, and was past president of Private Duty Section of the State Nurses Association.
She was a member of the Red Cross and in 1978 was given the Volunteer Award for Older Americans. The Lafayette Exchange Club gave her the Golden Deeds Award in 1980, and she received the Indiana State Volunteer Governor's Action Healthcare Award in 1983.
A member of Home Hospital Auxiliary and Delta Sigma Kappa sorority, she was awarded the National Volunteer of America Certificate by the Lafayette Pilot Club on her 95th birthday. She had been a member of the Pilot Club for 50 years.
One sister, Mrs. William (Katherine) Hull of Urbana, Ill., survives.
~~~
STITZ, Gertrude
Calling 5-8 p.m. today at Soller-Baker Lafayette Funeral Home. The body will lie in state in St. James Lutheran Church one hour prior to an 11 a.m. Friday service, Pastor Daniel P. May officiating. Interment Spring Vale Cemetery. Memorials to St. James Lutheran Church or Home Hospital. Several nieces and nephews survive.
Both the obituary and the funeral notice were published in the Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN), on Thursday, July 16, 1992, pg. 16.
retired nurse, volunteer
Getrude T. Stitz, 96, of 2741 N. Salisbury St., WL, died at 3:22 p.m. Tuesday in Westminster Healthcare. She had been ill four months.
Born on March 28, 1896, in Lafayette, she was raised here and spent most of her life in this area.
Miss Stitz graduated from St. James Lutheran Grade School and Jefferson High School. She was a 1921 graduate of Home Hospital Training School for Nurses, and she did post graduate work at Western Reserve University Hospital in Ohio and received her degree in 1932.
She did private duty nursing most of her life in Lafayette and the surrounding counties with the exception of two years when she was on the staff of Mound Park City Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., and at Seaside Hospital in Long Beach, Calif. From 1921 until her retirement in 1974, she was a nurse. After she retired, she was a volunteer at Home Hospital, St. James Lutheran Church and Westminster Village.
Miss Stitz was a life member, and, until her death, the oldest living member of St. James Lutheran Church. She also was a member of the Ladies Society, Lutheran Womens Missionary League, Lutheran Camp Association, Home Hospital and Alumnae Association, and was past president of Private Duty Section of the State Nurses Association.
She was a member of the Red Cross and in 1978 was given the Volunteer Award for Older Americans. The Lafayette Exchange Club gave her the Golden Deeds Award in 1980, and she received the Indiana State Volunteer Governor's Action Healthcare Award in 1983.
A member of Home Hospital Auxiliary and Delta Sigma Kappa sorority, she was awarded the National Volunteer of America Certificate by the Lafayette Pilot Club on her 95th birthday. She had been a member of the Pilot Club for 50 years.
One sister, Mrs. William (Katherine) Hull of Urbana, Ill., survives.
~~~
STITZ, Gertrude
Calling 5-8 p.m. today at Soller-Baker Lafayette Funeral Home. The body will lie in state in St. James Lutheran Church one hour prior to an 11 a.m. Friday service, Pastor Daniel P. May officiating. Interment Spring Vale Cemetery. Memorials to St. James Lutheran Church or Home Hospital. Several nieces and nephews survive.
Both the obituary and the funeral notice were published in the Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN), on Thursday, July 16, 1992, pg. 16.
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GERTRUDE T. STITZ
1896 - 1992
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