Richard Kretz

Richard Kretz, 52, East Maple Street, Liberty Center, died Saturday in Detwiler Hospital, Wauseon, where he had been a patient for two weeks.

Born May 20,1920, in Napoleon, he was the son of Albert and Hazel (Parson) Kretz. The deceased was employed by General Motors at Defiance.

He was an Army veteran of World War II, and member of the American Legion and V.F.W., both of Liberty Center.

Surviving are his wife, Anna Bell; one son, Gene; one step son, Tom Swartzlander, Defiance; one daughter, Mrs. Charles (Norma) Piercefield, Napoleon; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Colleen) Hogrefe, Delta, Mrs. John (Marilyn) Bureau, Perrysburg; two brothers, Albert, Holgate, Robert, Stryker; and two sisters, Mrs. Agnes Bernius, Napoleon, and Mrs. Grace Dillon, Defiance.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Walker Mortuary, Napoleon, with Reverend Robert Breese, officiating. Interment will be in Young Cemetery. Military graveside rites will be conducted by the V.F.W. post. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight (Monday) and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.