Roy
Steitz, 87
Buxton,
N.D. - Roy Steitz, 87, died Tuesday, November
6, 2001 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks,
N.D.
Funeral
services were held at 11 
a.m.
on Friday, November 9, at St. John Lutheran Church
in Hillsboro, N.D. Interment was held at 3 p.m.
Friday in Oak Grove Cemetery near Red Lake Falls.
Wildeman Funeral Home of Hillsboro was in charge of
the arrangements.
Roy
Samuel Steitz was born on April 2, 1914 in Fresno,
Calif., the son of Michael and Elizabeth (Rudolph)
Steitz. He grew up in the Fresno area and attended
school in Kerman, Calif. Roy was baptized and
confirmed in the Missouri Synod Lutheran faith.
He
served as a musician with the United States Marine
Corps, playing the tuba and string bass.
On
February 11, 1939, Roy was united in marriage to
Ruth Eleanor Englund in Vinland, Calif. The couple
made their home in Richmond, Calif. until 1949 when
they moved to Red Lake Falls and owned and operated
a farm for more than 44 years. Roy also worked as
the head of maintenance at the Land O'Lakes Feed
and Grain Elevator for 21 years. In 1993, Roy and
Eleanor moved to Buxton, N.D. where they had since
resided.
Roy
was an active church member throughout his
lifetime, serving St. John Lutheran Church in Red
Lake Falls as a Sunday school teacher, Bible school
teacher, choir member and chairman of the
congregation. He was also a member of the St.
Hilaire school board and River Township
board.
As
a hobby, he enjoy repairing clocks for his
neighbors and friends and building clocks for
family members.
Roy
is survived by his wife, Ruth Eleanor of Buxton,
N.D.; three daughters, Judy (Merlin) Carlson and
Margaret (Frank) Ehling, both of Red Lake Falls,
and Cathy (John) Hilley of Buxton, N.D.; 10
grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; a brother,
Lawrence (Clara) Steitz of Fresno, Calif.; a
brother-in-law; a sister-in-law; and many nieces
and nephews.
He
was preceded in death by his son, Robert; a
granddaughter, Anita Carlson; his parents; two
sisters, Meta Busch and Eleanore Ulrich; and a
brother, Theodore Steitz. A00003B2001NV14
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