Hannah Kay Ritz

Hannah Kay Ritz, 87, of Edwardsville, passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2009, at her home. She was the widow of Raymond R. Ritz, who passed away on June 28, 1982.
She was born in Kingston on Aug. 12, 1922. She was a lifelong resident of Edwardsville and was the daughter of the late Stanley E. and Hannah Rowlands Roland. She was a graduate of Edwardsville High School, Class of 1940.
Hannah was employed by the Pennsylvania Department of Vocational Education as an executive assistant. She also was a financial secretary for Wyoming Valley West School District, and a secretary/bookkeeper for the Kingston Coal Company.
Hannah was very active and dedicated to the Edwardsville community. She was a founding member of the following organizations: the Edwardsville School District Parent Teachers Associations; the Edwardsville Alumnae Association; and the Edwardsville Centennial Committee. Hannah was well known for being the Town Historian.
She also was preceded in death by her brothers, Stanley and Thomas Roland.
Surviving are her daughters, Nancy Kay Kelly and husband, Thomas, Rae Ann Ritz and Janice Oriel and husband, David; grandchildren Christopher (Connie) Kelly, Cynthia (Brad) Gordon, and Amanda Oriel and Timothy Oriel; great-grandchildren, Megan and Alex Kelly.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Church of Christ Uniting, 190 S. Sprague Ave., Kingston, with the Rev. Dr. Carol Fleming, pastor, and the Rev. Dr. James Harring officiating.
The family will receive friends at the church from 10 a.m. until service time. Interment will follow in the Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort. Family and friends may call today, from 4 to 7 p.m., at the Edwards and Russin Funeral Home, 717 Main St., Edwardsville. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Church of Christ Uniting, Kingston, Pa.