Patricia E Reinert

Patricia E. “Tricia” Reinert, 59, of Kutztown, died Friday, May 20, 2011 in the In-Patient Hospice Unit of Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown. She was the wife of James P. Reinert, whom she married June 28, 1983.

Born in Bethlehem, PA, she was a daughter of the late Harvey R. “Bud” and Ritz E. (McGuinness) Frantz. She was a 1970 graduate of Liberty High School, Bethlehem, and received her license in practical nursing from Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, in 1972. She worked at Allentown State Hospital for 35 years, retiring in 2007. She was a member of the Elephant Sanctuary, Hohenwald, TN.

She is survived by Husband, Brothers, Michael J. Frantz and Gary R. Frantz; and four-legged children, Daisy Mae, Filo, Lucy and Winky. Other survivors include Nieces, Colleen Compton-Deater wife of Philip Deater, Danielsville, Shannon and Mariah Frantz, both of Bath and a Nephew, Ethan Frantz and his wife Dorothy, Colorado. There are also numerous grand nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a Nephew, Christopher Frantz in 2010.

Funeral Services are Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at 10:30 AM from Ludwick Funeral Homes, Inc., 333 Greenwich Street, Kutztown, 19530. Interment in Hope Cemetery, Kutztown. Friends may call Tuesday, from 9:30 to 10:30 AM in the funeral home.

The family requests contributions be made to One by One No-Kill Cat Shelter, P. O. Box 226, Kutztown, PA 19530-0226. Arrangements are by the Ludwick Funeral Home, Kutztown, PA.