Mass of Christian burial celebrating the life of Ositha Amilia Reiling, age 91 of Albany will be 11 AM, Saturday, November 10th at Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Albany. Father Michael Naughton will officiate and burial will take place in the parish cemetery following the service. Ositha died peacefully Sunday morning surrounded by her loving family at the Golden Living Home in New Munich.
There will be a visitation from 4-8 PM, Friday, November 9th at the Miller-Carlin Funeral Home in Albany, and again from 10 AM until the time of the service Saturday morning at Seven Dolors Catholic Church. Parish prayers will take place at 4 PM Friday evening at the funeral home.
Ositha was born October 17, 1921 to John and Barbara (Baumgartner) Zimmermann in Albany. She married Ervin Reiling on September 26, 1939 at Seven Dolors Catholic Church. She lived her entire life in the Albany area where she worked as a home-maker raising her 4 children. She was a member of the Albany Pioneer Club, the St. Agnes Mission Group, the Christian Mothers, and also Seven Dolors Catholic Church of Albany.
Ositha is survived by her children Herbert (Terri) Reiling, Cologne, MN; Gary (Katie) Reiling, Avon; Barbara (Paul) Brixius, St. Cloud; her 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents John and Barbara Zimmermann, her husband Ervin Reiling who passed in 1979, her son Patrick Reiling who passed in 1985, and her siblings Gertrude Beutz, Bertha Reisinger, Eleanore Reisinger, Louise Reisinger, Dorothy Wittkop, Walter Zimmermann, Raymond Zimmermann, and Herbert Zimmermann.
Arrangements are being made with the Miller-Carlin Funeral Home of Albany.