Individual Details

Ellis Erwin Creitz

(21 Apr 1908 - 16 Jul 1990)

The Tuscaloosa News, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, July 17, 1990, Page 6 A: Ellis Erwin Creitz, 82 of 13976 Old Greensboro Road, died July 16, 1990 at DCH Regional Medical Center. Creitz was retired from the U.S. Bureau of Mines. He was a World War II veteran and served in the Philippines and in Australia. He is listed in "Who's Who in the South and Southeast" and in "American Men of Science." He also was a founding member of Southeastern Spectrographic Society. He was married to the former Grace Norris of Tuscaloosa County. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Memory Chapel Funeral Home. Elder Glenn Payne and the Rev. John Creitz will officiate with Memory Chapel Funeral Home directing. Survivors include three daughters, Phyllis Thomas, Tuscaloosa, Judith Ducharme, Albuquerque, N.M., and Lula Todd, Houston, Texas; two sons, the Rev. John Creitz, Tallassee, and Rand Ellis Creitz, Tuscaloosa; three sisters, Vera Brown, Englewood, Colo., Marion Sankot, Cheyenne, Wyo., and Eleanor Creitz, Wisconsin; two brothers, Carroll Creitz, Maryland, and Lewis Creitz, Colorado Springs, Colo.; nine grandchildren; and other relatives. Family will receive friends from 7-9 tonight at the funeral home.

Events

Birth21 Apr 1908Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kansas
Residence1910Age: 2; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - Bloomfield, Mitchell, Kansas, USA
Residence1915Age: 6 - Bloomfield, Mitchell Co., Kansas
Residence1920Age: 11; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - Bloomfield, Mitchell, Kansas, USA
Residence1930Age: 21; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Lodger - Washington, District of Columbia
Marriage1 May 1933Grace Flanagan Norris
ResidenceBet 1935 and 1993Age: 27 - Friersons, Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama
Residence1 Apr 1940Age: 31; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Friersons, Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama
Military28 Apr 1943Age: 35 - Fort McClellan, Calhoun Co., Alabama
Residence1976Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama
Death16 Jul 1990Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama
BurialPleasant View Cemetery, Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kansas
ResidenceTuscaloosa Co., Alabama

Families

SpouseGrace Flanagan Norris (1911 - 1988)
ChildLula Creitz ( - )
ChildJohn Creitz ( - )
ChildRand Ellis Creitz ( - )
ChildClayton Norris Creitz (1934 - 1990)
ChildPhyllis Alexandra Creitz (1939 - 1999)
ChildJudith Creitz ( - )
FatherElmer Clayton Creitz (1877 - 1950)
MotherKatie Lorena Cooke (1883 - 1956)
SiblingElmer Carroll Creitz (1907 - 2008)
SiblingVera Helen Creitz (1909 - 1999)
SiblingEva Marion Creitz (1914 - 1990)
SiblingJohn Lewis Creitz (1916 - 2001)
SiblingEleanor Jean Creitz (1923 - 2012)

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