Rose Mary Fritz, Ph. D., age 84, passed away Friday, November 19, 2010, at her home in Dickinson, Texas where she lived for the last 42 years. She was surrounded by her family.
She retired in December 1985 and took up an active pursuit of genealogy and family history. She was a charter member and organizing president of Fort Virginia Point Chapter 2539 United Daughters of the Confederacy, a member of George Washington Chapter DAR where she served as Regent 1993-1995, a member of Frances Fleshhart Chapter Daughters of 1812 where she served as president for two terms and Don Jose de Galvez Chapter Daughters of the American Colonists. She was a charter member of Clayton Library Friends, a member of the Bay Area Genealogical Society and the Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society. She was the author of two books and several articles appearing in various genealogical and historical periodicals.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to Clayton Library Friends at www.claytonlibraryfriends.org.
You can read her obituary at http://goo.gl/TDjqk
