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Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

Theresa Elizabeth Coontz Fitz, 45, beloved wife, mother, daughter, and sister, departed this life on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 in Blue Ridge Hospice Center, Winchester, Va., following a courageous battle with cancer.

She was born May 9, 1966 in Elkins, W. Va. Theresa graduated from Martinsburg High School in 1984. She was formerly employed by the Ralph Lauren warehouse in Martinsburg. Theresa had a great love for her family, friends, animals, and nature. She enjoyed doing crafts with her children, reading, gardening, and her many flower beds. She was a co-leader of the Girl Scout Troop 40402, and was baptized in the Latter Day Saints Church at the age of 8.

She will be sadly missed by her husband Ivan, children, Cory, Max and Ivy; parents, Dorothy and Eugene Coontz; sister and brother-in-law, Tina and Fred Szahowski; brother, Daniel Coontz; nephews Josh and Patrick Szahowski, and niece, Kimberly Coontz.

She is also survived by numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Goff and Mary Coontz, Dixie and Betty Plymale, and one aunt, Bonnie.

Friends will be received from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, January 5, 2012 at Rosedale Funeral Home, Martinsburg.

Funeral Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, January 6, 2012 at Rosedale Funeral Home, Martinsburg, with Pastor Jeff Phillis officiating. Burial will follow in Rosedale Cemetery.

Wedding anouncement -- The Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland); (Monday, 13 April 1925; Page 15; (Newspapers.com):

Kin Of Michael Collins To Wed Here Tomorrow

Patsy's Family Connected With Irish Free State Creator - Descendant Of Calhoun.

CEREMONY AT PIKESVILLE

Daughter of The Maryland Free State Will Become Mrs. Joseph J. Rutledge.

"Princess Pat," daughter of the Irish Free State and the Maryland Free State weds here tomorrow.

Her friends are as numerous as may be expected when a girl is 18 years old, a pretty blonde and one of eight children, six sisters and two brothers. And each one of these friends is on the qui vive for the event.

Patsy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McCurry, who live in the Maryland Country Club section. Standing beside her at the alter will be Joseph J. Rutledge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Rutledge of Winfield avenue, Forest Park.

Descendant of Calhoun

Through her paternal grandmother, a Virginia Calhoun, the bride-elect is a descendant of John C. Calhoun, the American statesman, while through her mother she bears kinship to Michael Collins, martyred Irish statesman and soldier, who was associated with Arthur Griffith in creation of the Irish Free State.

The wedding will take place with a nuptial mass at 9 A.M. at St. Charles Catholic Church, Pikesville, and the Rev. Ambrose Beavans, the pastor, will conduct the services.

Miss Lillian Josephine McCurry, sister of the bride-elect will be maid-of-honor, and Miss May Grant flower girl. William P. Arledge, of Dallas, Texas, will serve as best man. The ushers will be Wade Franklin Rutledge, brother of the groom-to-be, and J. George Bobb.

The best man is the fiancé of a sister of Miss McCurry. A double wedding had been proposed, but it was said Patsy's mother protested she was losing her daughters via matrimony fast enough one at a time.

A wedding breakfast will be served at the home of the bride's parents after the ceremony. The couple then will leave on a trip to New York and Niagara Falls.

The bride-elect attended school at the Convent of the Visitation and at St. Thomas' School. She is a graduate of the latter.

The couple will be "at home" at Berkeley and Millwood Avenues, Mount Washington, after May 13. The home tops the list of wedding presents.

Obituary -- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland); Monday, 15 Oct 2001; Page 113; and the Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois); Tuesday, 16 Oct 2001; Page 148; (Newspapers.com):

Rutledge

Margaret Patricia Rutledge, 95, of Bluffton, SC, died Saturday October 13, 2001 at the Life Care Center of Hilton Head. Mrs. Rutledge was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She was a real estate secretary. She was also a secular member of the Discalced Carmelites for over 50 years.

She is survived by a daughter, Patricia R. Buppert of Bluffton, SC; four grandchildren, Elizabeth Martin of Bluffton, SC; William Barnes Buppert of Santa Barbara, CA, Joseph Andrew Buppert of Portland, OR and John Duke Buppert of Plainfield, and twelve great grandchildren, Kimberly Clark, Gary Clark, Chelsea, Alexa and Caroline Kubinski of Arkansas, Joseph, Matthew and Kirsten Buppert of Santa Barbara, CA, Alexander and Catherine Buppert of Plainfield, IL, Andrew and Mikailah Buppert of Portland, OR; and a great-great granddaughter Jasmine Jenkins Clark.

She was preceded in death by two grandchildren, Penny Williams and Maripat Kubinski.

A memorial Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday October 16, at St. Francis by the Sea Catholic Church, Hilton Head Island, SC. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the September 11th Fund, United Way of New York City, 2 Park Avenue, New York, Mew York, 10016, or call 800-710-8002.

The Island Funeral Home of Hilton Head Island, SC is in charge of arrangements.