Gary Ritz

BLOOMFIELD --

Gary August Ritz, 51, died at 3 a.m. Dec. 12, 2003, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter.

Born Dec. 23, 1951, in St. Louis, son of the late Charles and Clara Helen Schlosser Ritz, he was a laborer for the Stoddard County Workshop.

Survivors include: one half brother, Charles Ritz Jr., address unavailable; and one aunt, Anna Diebold of Oran. Visitation is from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Monday at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran.

Services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday at the Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran. The Rev. John Harth, pastor, will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Guardian Angel Cemetery at Oran.