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Vesta Opal Montgomery Fritz

Birth	:	18 Jul 1916 Cavour, Beadle County, South Dakota, USA
Death	:	16 Jun 2010 Huron, Beadle County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Restlawn Memory Gardens, Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.2755080, -98.2158890
Description	:	Vesta Fritz, age 93, of rural Cavour, SD, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at Huron Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 21, at American Lutheran Church with burial at Restlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 1-8 p.m. at Welter Funeral Home with family present from 6-8 p.m.; or Monday morning one hour prior to the service. Vesta Fritz was born Vesta Opal Montgomery, daughter of George and Emma (Hein) Montgomery, on July 18, 1916, on the family farm at rural Cavour, SD. She attended country school through eighth grade. She attended Northwest College... Read More	Vesta Fritz, age 93, of rural Cavour, SD, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at Huron Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 21, at American Lutheran Church with burial at Restlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 1-8 p.m. at Welter Funeral Home with family present from 6-8 p.m.; or Monday morning one hour prior to the service. Vesta Fritz was born Vesta Opal Montgomery, daughter of George and Emma (Hein) Montgomery, on July 18, 1916, on the family farm at rural Cavour, SD. She attended country school through eighth grade. She attended Northwest College of Commerce in Huron for one year and received a business certificate for mastering the check printer machine. She worked at the Sprague Hospital; and Armour & Company for 2 winters. She moved to Seattle, WA, during World War II where she lived for 9 months working at the Boeing Aircraft plant as a varnisher. She returned to the family farm and worked for her parents where she operated teams of horses, tractors, and shocked, all until the time of her marriage. On January 21, 1953, Vesta married Walter Fritz in Pipestone, MN. They moved to the farm that Walt owned in rural Iroquois. Walt died on August 20, 1973. Vesta also worked at the Plains Restaurant as a salad maker until her retirement in 1981. She continued to live on the farm until 1988 when she moved back to her mothers farm to help care for her mother. Vesta lived there until the time of her death. She was a past member of Pearl Creek Methodist Church when she was a child until she was a young woman; a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in rural Iroquois; past member of Pioneer Daughters; Royal Neighbors; the Birthday Club; and the W.H.Y. Club of Sanborn County. Her many interests included gardening, canning, sewing, tatting, crocheting, embroidery, needle work, and farm life. Vesta is survived by one daughter, Franny Fritz of rural Iroquois; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Walter in 1973; and a daughter, Jean Fritz in 1982.

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Vesta Opal Montgomery Fritz's memorial is located at: Restlawn Memory Gardens, Huron, Beadle County, USA.
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Vesta Opal Montgomery Fritz death on 16 Jun 2010 in Huron, Beadle County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 44.2755080
Longitude: -98.2158890

Family Members:

Parent

George Guy Montgomery

(1888 - 1969)

Emma Frieda Hein Montgomery

(1893 - 1998)

Spouse

Walter Paul Gerhart Fritz

(1907 - 1973)

Children

Jean LaRae Fritz

(1958 - 1982)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Restlawn Memory Gardens
Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2755080, -98.2158890

2. Ideal Cemetery
Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3363991, -98.1952972

3. Riverside Cemetery
Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3396988, -98.1971970

4. Saint Martins Cemetery
Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3410988, -98.1830978

5. Aquilla Cemetery
Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1963997, -98.2313995

6. Robeson Family Cemetery
Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3787360, -98.2964300

7. Rest Haven Cemetery
Alpena, Jerauld County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1775017, -98.3563995

8. Virgil Cemetery
Virgil, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2904800, -98.4176700

9. Bonny Cemetery
Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1768000, -98.0505000

10. Cavour Cemetery
Cavour, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3776700, -98.0536700

11. Saint Patricks Cemetery
Cavour, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3782997, -98.0524979

12. Reformed Zoar Congregations Cemetery
Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1972010, -98.4468940

13. Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Belle Prairie Township, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.2341003, -97.9559021

14. Shue Creek Cemetery
Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4494019, -98.0725021

15. Silver Creek Cemetery
Silver Creek Township, Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.0764700, -98.1503700

16. Wolsey Cemetery
Wolsey, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4000015, -98.4546967

17. Fairview Cemetery
Lane, Jerauld County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1122017, -98.4113998

18. Riverside Colony Cemetery
Riverside Colony, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.4837090, -98.1386260

19. Pearl Creek Colony Cemetery
Pearl Creek Colony, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3289110, -97.9165710

20. Eventide Cemetery
Woonsocket, Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.0600014, -98.2842026

21. Saint Wilfrid Cemetery
Woonsocket, Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.0602989, -98.2878036

22. Pioneers of 1882 Cemetery
Woonsocket, Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.0539060, -98.2914040

23. Saint Anthony's Catholic Cemetery
Sanborn County, USA
Coordinate: 44.1478400, -97.9504400

24. Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery
Wolsey, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate: 44.3927994, -98.4985962