AUGUSTA CECELIA REETZ Funeral rites for Augusta Cecelia Reetz, 84, were held on Saturday morning, February 15, at 11:00 a.m. at the Ohde Funeral Home in Manning, with Pastor Edward F. Heinicke of Zion Lutheran Church officiating. Burial was in the Manning Cemetery. Pallbearers were Harry Hinz, Orval Fink, Leon Hass, Lyle Arp, Herman Pahde, and Arthur Talbott.

Daughter of William and Cecelia (Horst) Topf, she was born March 28, 1883, in Hanover Township, Crawford County, She attended schools near her home and later worked as a milliner in Atlantic.

On March 16, 1910, she married John Reetz at Charter Oak. Following their marriage the couple lived in Manning, where Mr. Reetz was employed by the First National Bank. He died on April 19, 1954.

Following her husband's death, Mrs. Reetz continued to live in Manning until six years ago, when she moved to the Eventide Home in Denison. She became ill and entered Crawford County Memorial Hospital where she died on Wednesday evening, February 12, 1969.

She was preceded in death by her husband, five sisters and two brothers. She is survived by a son, Franklin Reetz of Britton, Oklahoma, and a granddaughter.

Mrs. Reetz was a member of Zion Lutheran Church while she lived in Manning.