Grace Fretz

Female 1910 - 2006


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  • Born  7 Aug 1910  Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Female 
    Died  6 Dec 2006  Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg, Bethlehem Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Prospectville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • GRACE RUFE Grace (Fretz) Rufe, 96, a resident of ManorCare Health Services in Bethlehem for the last four years, passed away early Wednesday morning, December 6, 2006 at Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg in Bethlehem. Formerly of Telford and Souderton, she was the wife of the late Jacob Lawrence Rufe, who passed away in 1979. Born in Lower Salford, August 7, 1910, she was a daughter of the late Abraham and Elsie (Schueck) Fretz. She was employed with Granite Hosiery Mills of Souderton, retiring in 1979. Mrs. Rufe was a longtime member of Zwingli United Church of Christ in Souderton. Surviving are two sisters, Arlene Rivers of Green Lane and Alverda Freed of North Wales; a granddaughter, Laural Butryn of Coplay; three great-grandchildren, Nathan, Kaitlyn and Brandon; and many nieces and nephews. She is also survived by a half sister, Carol Fretz of Telford; and a stepbrother, Raymond Dreger of Green Lane. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her sons, Dennis L. and Barry D. Rufe; her sisters Mary Rickert, Ada Moffa, and Lillian Wittman; her brothers, Russell, Stewart, Garland, Lester, and Wilmer Fretz; and her stepmother, Elizabeth Fretz. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral service at 11 AM, Monday, December 11 at the Williams-Bergey-Koffel Funeral Home, Inc., 667 Harleysville Pike (Route 113), Franconia, where friends may call for the viewing from 10 to 11 AM. Interment will follow at Whitemarsh Memorial Park. For those desiring, contributions may be made in her memory to the SAAC of Indian Valley, 259 N. 2nd St., Souderton, PA 18964.
      Lansdale Reporter
    Person ID  I3094  ShowalterFunk
    Last Modified  7 Feb 2009 

    Father  Abraham D. Fretz,   b. 27 Apr 1887, Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1972, Souderton, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Elsie F. Schueck,   b. 16 Aug 1889, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1942, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  23 Oct 1909 
    Family ID  F2237  Group Sheet

    Father  Abraham D. Fretz, , Sr.,   b. 1736, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1844, Bedminister, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Elsie F. Schueck,   b. 16 Aug 1889, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1942, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  23 Oct 1909 
    Family ID  F6927  Group Sheet

    Family 1  Jacob L. Reiff,   b. 30 Oct 1857, Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1929, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F2238  Group Sheet

    Family 2  Jacob Lawrence Rufe,   b. 25 Apr 1903, Unknown Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1979, Souderton, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F6928  Group Sheet


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