Obituary for Marian Elizabeth Hollerich Fritz

FRITZ, MARIAN ELIZABETH HOLLERICH
Marian Elizabeth Hollerich Fritz, age 90 of Albuquerque, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 2, 2013. Marian was born on August 2, 1923 in Santa Fe, NM to Frank E. and Winifred Stevens Hollerich. She was preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Velten F. Fritz. She is survived by her three sons, Stephen (Marie) of Albuquerque, Philip (Judy) of Portland, OR and David (Stefa) of Tajique, NM; three daughters, Jean Latham (David) of Rio Rancho, Mary Ellen Farrelly (David) of Albuquerque, and Teri McMillan (Michael) of Rio Rancho; 11 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. During her childhood, she lived in Seattle, WA, Long Beach, CA, Encino, NM and Albuquerque and Santa Fe. She graduated from Santa Fe High School in 1941. During World War II, she worked in the business office of Mountain States Telephone Company during the day and volunteered as a Red Cross nurses’ aide during the evening. After raising her six children, Marian became school secretary at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School from 1971-83. From 1985-87, she was the office manager for Bill Skillman Realtor. After she retired, Marian volunteered as a docent at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History, as a cuddler of new born babies at the University of New Mexico Hospital and as a secretary at the Barrett House. Marian will be interred at Santa Fe National Cemetery. Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Friday, August 9, 2013 at 10:00 am at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, 1818 Coal SE.

Obituary for David Fritz

FRITZ, DAVID BRUCE
Age 64, of Tajique, NM, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 20, 2014. On July 25, 1949, David was born to Velten F. and Marian Hollerich Fritz in Albuquerque, NM. Blessed with a creative and curious mind and a hunger to live life to the fullest, David succeeded in all the endeavors of his life. David has lived his dream as an artist and outdoorsman. He hiked many mountain tops including the high peaks of Sierra Nevada. He engaged in the mysteries of life choosing opportunities that allowed him to travel the world, but he always returned to his beloved state of New Mexico, where he built his own home in the East Mountains. David loved and laughed for 37 years married to Stefa K. Zawerucha, a woman who laughed easily and joined him on his life journey. Together they danced and choreographed new avant-garde performance pieces. They got their undergraduate degrees in Dance at the University of New Mexico and their Master degrees in Dance at Mills College in Oakland, CA. David’s skill as a carpenter excelled from building homes to creating beautiful wood carvings of three dimensional design that inspired abstract thought and intrinsic spirit. David was a Technical Director of the Tish School of the Arts at New York University in New York City, a job he loved where he met inquisitive students and creative colleagues who pushed each other to excel. David was deeply respected in his career as a choreographer and as an administrator who got things done. He received a Bessie, a New York Dance and Performance Award, for his thought provoking lighting design. He also received grants and awards from the New York State Foundation for the Arts and the New York Council on the Arts. David served his country honorably during the Viet Nam Conflict. His earthly cremains will be alongside his parents and grandparents below the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at the Santa Fe National Cemetery in Santa Fe, NM. David is survived by his wife, Stefa K. Zawerucha; his brothers, Stephen (Maria) of Albuquerque and Philip (Judy) of Portland, OR; three sisters, Jean Latham (David) of Rio Rancho, Mary Ellen Farrelly (David) of Albuquerque and Teri McMillan (Michael) of Rio Rancho; 11 nieces and nephews; and 7 great-nieces and nephews; all whom he loved deeply. A memorial service will be celebrated on Thursday, May 29, 2014 at 3:00p.m., at FRENCH-University. Interment will take place on Friday, May 30, 2014, 10:30 a.m., at Santa Fe National Cemetery.