Erna Sophia Reihmann Pitz, 89, of High Amana passed into eternal rest on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at Colonial Manor Nursing Home, Middle Amana following a lingering illness. Funeral Services: 10:00 A.M. Friday, July 29, 2005 at Middle Amana Community Church, Middle Amana with Elder Harold Pitz presiding. Burial will be in the Middle Amana Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 P.M. Thursday, July 28, 2005 at the Middle Amana Church and on Friday morning prior to the service. Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo is in charge of arrangements.

Survivors include two daughters, Rosemarie Geiger and husband Norman of High Amana and Lorraine S. Pitz of Seattle, WA; a son, Harold W. Pitz of High Amana; a grandson Stuart Geiger and wife Amy of Cedar Rapids, a granddaughter, Elaine Geiger O’Keefe of Middle Amana, and great-grandchildren, Hanna, Benjamin and Olivia Geiger, and Allison, Kurtis, and Erin O’Keefe. Also surviving are three nephews, Clarence Reihmann and wife Esther, Harry Hergert and wife Peggy and Ivan Reihmann and wife Darlene, and two nieces Shirley Reihman, and Sandra Reihman Davidson and husband James.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Raymond on December 3, 1971, two sisters, Helene Reihmann and Elenore Hergert, two brothers, William and Harry Reihmann, a beloved great-granddaughter, Emily O’Keefe and a nephew Marvin Hergert.

Erna Sophia Reihmann was born June 3, 1916 in Middle Amana, the daughter of Johann Wilhelm and Marie Geyer Reihmann. She received her education in the Middle Amana School and married Raymond Carl Pitz on December 8, 1934 at the High Amana Church. The couple made their home in the paternal family home, where they raised their family. She resided in High Amana until a fall at her home in June of 2000, necessitated her move to the Colonial Manor Nursing Home.

Erna was a devoted lifelong member of the Amana Church Society. She enjoyed some domestic and foreign travel, cooking, baking and gardening. In earlier years she worked at the Die Heimat Inn and the Amana School cafeteria.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the Amana Church Society, P.O. Box 103, Middle Amana, IA 52307 or the charity of the donor’s choice.