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Otilla Georgia "Tillie" Pavel Kriz
14 Sep 1907 – 4 Dec 2000
| Birth | 14 Sep 1907 |
| Death | 4 Dec 2000 |
| Cemetery | Greenwood Cemetery Cedar Falls , Black Hawk County , Iowa , USA |
| Added by | Couple of Gravers on 31 Jan 2013 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101173243 |
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TILLIE GEORGIA (PAVEL) KRIZ – September 14, 1907 – December 4, 2000 GARNER - Tillie Kriz, 93, of Garner, died Monday (Dec. 4, 2000) at Concord Care Center in Garner. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Boniface Catholic Church with Father Michael Schueller officiating. Interment will be at St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery in Cedar Falls. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. today at the Cataldo Funeral Home in Garner with a Rosary Society rosary at 4:30 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services on Wednesday at the church. Tillie Georgia Kriz, the daughter of Mathew and Mary (Shevlik) Pavel, was born Sept. 14, 1907, at Abie, Neb. On Jan. 22, 1934, she was married to Francis George Kriz at Abie. They farmed near Brainard, Neb., until 1948 when they moved to Tapoi, Minn., where they continued farming In 1965 they moved to Cedar Falls where they both worked at the American Martyrs Retreat House until 1977 when Francis passed away. Tillie moved to Prairie View Apartments in Garner and lived there until she entered Concord Care Center in 1992. She enjoyed gardening, crocheting, playing cards and especially baking her "kolaches" for Christmas. She was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church and Rosary Society. Tillie is survived by her two children, Lucille Klesel and her husband, Robert, of Garner, and Gene Kriz and his wife, Becky, of Kimberly, Wis.; four grandchildren, Michael Klesel and his wife, Traci and their two children, Colter and Nathan, David Klesel and his wife, Liz, and their two children, Melissa and Shannon, Julianne Klesel of Omaha, Neb. and Barrett Kriz and his daughter, Zoe; a brother, Joe Pavel and his wife, Marie, of Dodge, Neb.; a sister, Harriet Ruzicka of North Bend, Neb.; a sister-in-law, Beulah Pavel of Andnover, Ill.; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis Kriz; her parents; four brothers, Otto, Clarence, Ernest and George Pavel; and two sisters, Eleanora and Annie Pavel. Cataldo Funeral Home, (641) 923-2841. Tillie's obituary was provided courtesy of Find A Grave member DM Scott . Thank you
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