The funeral service for Helen D. Guritz will be 11:00AM Monday, September 23 ^rd in River Park Chapel of Macken Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Joel Haak of Trinity Lutheran Church. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery.  Friends may call one hour prior to the service at River Park Chapel.

Miss Guritz, age 94, a life-long Rochester area resident, died Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at Stewartville Care Center where she had resided since December 2012.

Helen Dorothy Guritz was born April 12, 1919 in Rochester to Fred and Dorothy (Rollins) Guritz. She graduated from Rochester High School in 1938. Helen worked for Northwestern Bell Telephone for 38 years, retiring in 1981. She was a member of Rochester Symphony Orchestra for a time and played first violin. Prior to moving to the nursing home, she lived at Shorewood Place in Rochester for six years.

As a hobby, Helen wrote poems and skits for friends' birthdays, retirements and anniversaries. She belonged to Hiawathaland Telephone Pioneers Club and was a member of the Rochester Senior Citizens Center. She was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Rochester for many years where she was baptized and confirmed.

She was preceded in death by her parents. There are no immediate survivors. Memorials are suggested to Trinity Lutheran Church. Online condolences are welcome at www.mackenfuneralhome.com.