The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois
June 9, 1967 - pg. 6, col. 2

Mrs. Mae T. Fritsch Killed Instantly In Auto Accident Tampico -- Mrs. Mae T. Fritsch, 57, Tampico, was killed in an auto accident that took the life of her husband also, in Fairfield Township, Thursday afternoon.

She was born April 17, 1910, in Ohio, the daughter of William and Maude Parlier. She was educated in Ohio. She had lived in Tampico for six years.

She married Albert Barth in 1925. She married Cecil J. Fritsch in 1961.

She was a member of the EUB Church, Red Oak. She was also a member of World War II Mothers.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Frank (Genevieve) O'Malley, Sterling; Mrs. Charles (Alberta) Nusbaum, Dixon; Mrs. Lloyd (Arlene) Johnson, Deer Grove; one son, Eddie R. Barth, Walnut; one sister, Mrs. Ray Slover, Kewanee; 13 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services are pending word of the son in Vietnam.

The Rev. Roger Baumeister of the First Methodist Church, and the Rev. Orville Cole of the Red Oak EUB Church will officiate. Burial will be in Tampico Memorial Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Schmitt Chapel after 2 p.m. Saturday.

The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois
June 9, 1967, pg. 6, col. 2

Cecil J. Fritsch Dies With Wife In Auto Accident
Tampico -- Cecil Joseph Fritsch, 64, was killed Thursday afternoon in Fairfield Township, in an auto accident.
He was born Sept. 23, 1902, in Manlius, the son of Elmer and Anna Fritsch. He was educated in the Manlius school. He had been a resident of Tampico for 23 years.

He married Mamie Hollis of Walnut in 1927. He married Mae T. Barth of Decatur, in 1961.

He was a member of the First Methodist Church, Tampico..

He was a former assessor of Tampico Township, former grocer, and had been semi-retired since 1965. He was substituting as a rural mailcarrier at the time of his death.

He is survived by three sons, Eldon, Rock Falls; Major Billy Fritsch, currently a Marine pilot in Vietnam; Gary, Deer Grove; two daughters, Mrs. Henry (Donna) Roth, Belleville; Mrs. Ronald (Hyla) Crag, Rock Falls; one sister, Mrs. Leona Hayden, Tampico; 11 grandchildren and several nieces.

. He was preceded by his parents and one brother Harold. Funeral services are pending word from the son in Vietnam.

. The Rev. Roger Baumeister of the Methodist Church, Tampico, and the Rev. Orville Cole of the EUB Church, Red Oak, will officiate.

. Burial will be in the Tampico Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the Schmitt Chapel after 2 p.m. Saturday.