KRAITZER, Jane Elizabeth

Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ - Published Thursday, April 12, 2012 - Jane Elizabeth Kraitzer, age 88, passed peacefully away surrounded by her family at Sierra View District Hospital in Porterville, Calif., April 5, 2012. Jane was born on May 1, 1923, in Hinsdale, Ill., to George and Myra White. Jane married at the age of 19. She was a dedicated and supportive military wife and mother, a loving housewife and an active member of her church community. Jane had an endless love for her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and brought her children up to love him as well. She is survived by her brother, William White; and two sons and two daughters, Jay Lyons, of Wheaton, Ill., Jack Kraitzer, of Lake Havasu City, Tammy (and Mike) Woods, of Porterville, Calif., and Mary Bennett of Las Vegas, Nev. She was blessed with nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Jane was preceded in death by her husband of nine years, Frank Lyons (1942-1951); her husband of 40 years, Angelo Kraitzer (1953-1993); her son, William Perry Lyons (1970); and three unborn children. A graveside service will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Lake Havasu Memorial Gardens. A reception will follow at First Southern Baptist Church. Thoughts and condolences can be sent to Jane’s family at www.lietz-frazefuneralhome.com. Arrangements were placed in the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home & Crematory.