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FLANAGAN -- Uffa L. Rients, 87, of Flanagan, died at 10:55 a.m. Thursday (July 7, 2005) at Good Samaritan Home, Flanagan.
His funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Petri Lutheran Church,
Flanagan, with the Rev. Paul Lellelid officiating. Burial will be in
St. Petri Lutheran Cemetery, with full military graveside rites.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Calvert & Froelich
Memorial Home, Flanagan, and for one hour before services Sunday at the
church. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Petri Lutheran Church
or Good Samaritan Home, Flanagan.
He was born Aug. 22, 1917, in Minonk Township, the son of Louis and Gesena Kettwich Rients. He married Esther A. Rustman on Sept. 28, 1941, in Flanagan. She survives.
Also surviving are four daughters, Janice (Stan) Weber, Minonk; Joyce
Aggertt, San Jose; Judy (Lynn) Messamore, Norfolk, Va.; and Joan
Rients, Flanagan; one son, Jeff (Patti) Rients, Flanagan; one brother,
Alvin (Irma Jean) Rients, Flanagan; two sisters-in-law, Evelyn Rients,
Flanagan; and Ardythe Rustman, Pontiac; two brothers-in-law, Harold
(Minnie) Rustman, Streator; and Paul Marshall, Flanagan; 11
grandchildren, Tom Weber, John Weber, Jay Rients, Steven Messamore,
Michelle Wiseman, Karen Conrad, Jennifer Aggertt, Kimberly Smith, Gale
Frisby, Jessica Rients and Jenna Rients; and 16 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son-in-law, Joe Aggertt; two
brothers, Tjark Rients and LeRoy Rients; and two grandchildren, Michael
L. Messamore and Julie Ann Aggertt.
He was a life long member of St. Petri Lutheran Church, Flanagan, where
he served on the church council in several capacities, and was on the
St. Petri Mission Society. He was a life long farmer and a member of
the Livingston County Farm Bureau.
He was a U.S. Army veteran serving in the Asiatic Pacific Theater,
where he received two Bronze Stars. He served in the Philippine
Liberation, where he received a Bronze Star. He also received a Good
Conduct Medal and the Combat & Expert Infantry Man Badges. He was
in the 136th Infantry, 33rd Division, Company D from April 1942 to
November 1945. He was a member of the Flanagan and Long Point American
Legions.
He enjoyed camping, fishing, farming and most of all his family and his faith.
Source: http://www.pantagraph.com, Friday, July 8, 2005 |
