Helen Taylor Ritz

Helen Ritz, 88, of Warren, died 3:35 PM Monday, April 4, 2005 at Trumbull Memorial Hospital-Forum Health. She was born on Sunday, November 5, 1916, in Pittsburgh, PA the daughter of Mike and Mary Ozanich Milankowicz, and had lived in the Warren area since 1944.

Helen loved watching Christian television and enjoyed her family.

Helen is survived by four children: Theodore N. (Darlene) Ritz, Ronald D. (Nancy) Ritz, James L. Ritz, and Sandra M. (Kenneth) Kistler, all of Warren; two grandsons: Matthew Ritz and Joshua Kistler, both of Warren; three great-grandchildren: Nicholas, Andrew, and Ryan Ritz; and a sister, Margaret Fabec.

Preceding Helen in death are her parents; her husband, Louis M. Ritz, whom she married November 18, 1944 and who died December 8, 2004; three brothers: Peter, Theodore, and Thomas Miller; a sister, Rose Miller; and a grandson: Ronald D. Ritz, Jr.

Services for Helen will be 1:00 PM Saturday in the chapel at Pine Knoll Cemetery in Leavittsburg, with Fr. James P. Walker of SS Cyril and Methodius Church officiating. Interment at Pine Knoll will follow. Friends may call from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Friday at McFarland & Son Funeral Home, 271 North Park Avenue, Warren, Ohio 44481. Material contributions may be made to the Salvation Army, 270 Franklin St. S.E., Warren, Ohio 44483

Services performed under the direction of McFarland & Son Funeral Home. Please send condolences and view this obituary at www.mcfarlandufneral.com .