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Hilary Gretz

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Hilary Gretz

Birth
Wisconsin, USA
Death
26 Oct 2002 (aged 59)
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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HILARY GRETZ

Hilary Gretz, age 59, of Two Rivers, died on Saturday morning Oct. 26, 2002 at the V. A. Medical Center, Milwaukee.

Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday Oct. 29, 2002 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Two Rivers. Officiating at the service will be the Rev. William Kilps and the Rev. Kenneth Dowdy, with entombment to follow at Knollwood Mausoleum, Manitowoc where Military rites will be accorded by V.F.W. and American Legion of Two Rivers.

Hilary was born on June 18, 1943, the son of the late Joseph and Elsie Klein Gretz. He graduated from Mishicot High School, class of 1961. Hilary served in the United States Army from 1961 until 1969 with a tour in Vietnam. He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans. Hilary married the former Judith Hanes on September 9, 1961, in Two Rivers. In 1973 Hilary started an Auto Body shop in Two Rivers and in 1981 the business moved to the homestead on Hwy Q and was known as "Gretz Auto Sales and Service', retiring in 1993. Hilary was a skilled custom auto painter, a Ford lover, and a Harley Davidson owner. He loved wood working, playing cards, especially Sheephead, camping up north, hunting and fishing. Hilary was a member of the National Rifle Association.

(Survivors omitted for privacy)

Hilary was preceded in death by his father-in-law, Claude Hanes, two brothers Herbert and Floyd, one sister-in-law Rosella Gretz Raether.

The family will greet relatives and friends from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Monday (Tonight) Oct. 28, 2002 at the Klein & Stangel Funeral Home & Cremation Care
Center, Two Rivers. Visitation will continue from 9 a.m. until the time of Service at 10 a.m. on Tuesday Oct. 29, 2002 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Two Rivers.

Herald Times Reporter, Oct. 28, 2002
HILARY GRETZ

Hilary Gretz, age 59, of Two Rivers, died on Saturday morning Oct. 26, 2002 at the V. A. Medical Center, Milwaukee.

Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday Oct. 29, 2002 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Two Rivers. Officiating at the service will be the Rev. William Kilps and the Rev. Kenneth Dowdy, with entombment to follow at Knollwood Mausoleum, Manitowoc where Military rites will be accorded by V.F.W. and American Legion of Two Rivers.

Hilary was born on June 18, 1943, the son of the late Joseph and Elsie Klein Gretz. He graduated from Mishicot High School, class of 1961. Hilary served in the United States Army from 1961 until 1969 with a tour in Vietnam. He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans. Hilary married the former Judith Hanes on September 9, 1961, in Two Rivers. In 1973 Hilary started an Auto Body shop in Two Rivers and in 1981 the business moved to the homestead on Hwy Q and was known as "Gretz Auto Sales and Service', retiring in 1993. Hilary was a skilled custom auto painter, a Ford lover, and a Harley Davidson owner. He loved wood working, playing cards, especially Sheephead, camping up north, hunting and fishing. Hilary was a member of the National Rifle Association.

(Survivors omitted for privacy)

Hilary was preceded in death by his father-in-law, Claude Hanes, two brothers Herbert and Floyd, one sister-in-law Rosella Gretz Raether.

The family will greet relatives and friends from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Monday (Tonight) Oct. 28, 2002 at the Klein & Stangel Funeral Home & Cremation Care
Center, Two Rivers. Visitation will continue from 9 a.m. until the time of Service at 10 a.m. on Tuesday Oct. 29, 2002 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Two Rivers.

Herald Times Reporter, Oct. 28, 2002


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