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Mrs. Stella Hritz | Visitation:
Sunday, March 15, 2009
2:00 PM until 5:00 PM
Sweet's Funeral Home, Inc.
4365 Albany Post Road
P.O. Box 682
Hyde Park, NY 12538
Service:
Monday, March 16, 2009
10:00 AM
Regina Coeli Church
Rte. 9
Hyde Park, NY
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| | | Hyde Park - Stella Hritz, 93, a local resident since 1934 and previously of Amsterdam, NY, died Thursday, March 12, 2009 at the Hyde Park Nursing Home.
A 1937 graduate of the former Hudson River State Hospital School of Nursing, Stella worked as a registered nurse at the state hospital and also did private duty nursing at local hospitals for many years until her retirement in 1972.
She belonged to the Hudson River State Hospital Nursing School Alumni Association, Quiet Cove Yacht Club at H.R.P.C., AARP, and CSEA Retirees Local #909.
Stella was an avid gardener, who adored her two cats, Bob and Jack.
Mrs. Hritz was a communicant of Regina Coeli Church in Hyde Park.
She was born in Amsterdam on November 3, 1915.
On October 15, 1938 at St. Nicholas Church in Amsterdam, she married William J. Hritz. He predeceased her on April 2, 1992.
Stella loved her family very much. She is survived by a daughter, Christina Morris of Hyde Park; granddaughter, Dawn Marie Morris and boyfriend, Rene Santiago, of Tonawanda, NY; and several nieces and nephews, especially Eileen Swart and husband, Dr. William Swart, of Newburgh, George Hritz and wife, Mary Beth, of Conn., and Dennis Hritz and his daughters of Poughkeepsie.
Calling hours will be from 2 to 5 pm, Sunday, March 15, 2009 at Sweet's Funeral Home, Inc., Rte. 9, Hyde Park.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Fr. Michael Palazzo at 10 am, Monday, March 16th at Regina Coeli Church, Rte. 9, Hyde Park.
Burial will follow in the family plot in Union Cemetery of Hyde Park.
Memorial donations may be made to the Hudson River State Hospital Nurses’ Alumni Assn., c/o Margaret Conners, Treasurer, 29 Bella’s Way, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601.
To send a condolence or for directions, please visit www.sweetsfuneralhome.com.
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