LAWRENCE M. "LARRY" RITZ JR.

ST. MARY'S -- Lawrence M. "Larry" Ritz Jr., 50, of St. Mary's died Friday, Sept. 16, 1994, at Chester Memorial Hospital in Chester, Ill.

Ritz was born July 17, 1944, in Lodi, Ohio. On Feb. 10, 1989, he married Joyce E. Sandy. She survives.

Ritz was a maintenance supervisor at Gilster Mary Lee in Perryville.

Surviving in addition to his wife are his mother, Nettie Ritz in Wooster, Ohio; his father, Lawrence Ritz Sr. of Lodi, Ohio; two daughters, Terri Ritz of Denver, Colo. and Megan Ritz of Lebanon, Ill.; a son, Mathew Ritz of Lebanon, Ill.; one sister, Rebecca Stitzel of Wooster, Ohio; two step sisters, Mary Ann Tanba and Leslie Leohr of Lodi, Ohio and one grandchild. He was preceded in death by a brother.

Friends may call the Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville Sunday from 4-9 p.m. and Monday from 6:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Funeral service will be at the funeral home Monday at 2 p.m. Burial will follow in Home Cemetery.