Obituary of Liela Fritz Harris

Liela Caroline Fritz (Pegorin/Harris) was born on February 8^th, 1929 and went to see the Lord on November 12^th, 2019.  She was born to Paul L. Fritz and Susan Kersch in Herscher, Illinois.  She grew up on a farm in Herscher, busy with all that a farming lifestyle entails.  She lost 3 brothers, all at a young age.  Paul Fritz Jr., Francis Fritz and Ralph Fritz. She graduated from Herscher High School in 1946 and went on to get her associates degree at Gallagher Business College in Kankakee, IL.  She worked in management, real estate, sales and owned her own business in the years to follow in Dixon, IL.  She found the love of her life at 35 years old, Joseph L. Pegorin, who adopted her only daughter, Susan Emily Pegorin while living in Dixon, IL.  Unfortunately, they lost Susan to cancer at the young age of 13.  Soon after, they were blessed to have their only other child, Josef P. Pegorin when they were 40 years old.  In 1995, they moved to Lake Havasu City, AZ and joined Our Lady of the Lake church and became heavily involved with the soup kitchen and coordinated with various volunteer management. Within the next year she lost her husband, Joe, and in 1998 she lost one of her 3 sisters, Carol Schafroth (Don).  In 2002, she was absolutely blessed to find love again and married Guy L. Harris.  Staying involved with Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus they enjoyed 16 years of marriage until Guy passed on December 19^th, 2018.  She is survived by her brother Ronald Fritz (Joanne), sisters Anita Marcotte (Marcel), Marian Flynn (John), Son Josef Pegorin, Daughter-in-Law Tiffany Anderson, step children Patrick Harris, Kathy Bowlin and Richard (Chuck) Harris, step grandchildren Lilly Tank, Eva Anderson, Keith Harris, Robert Wheeler, Jennifer Wheeler, Wesley Harris, and Brandon Harris.  Step great grandchildren McKenzie Basham, Katelyn, Jacxson and Jacob Croston, Shae Wheeler, and many nieces and nephews. 

She will be incredibly missed by those she left behind but absolutely embraced by those she rejoins in Heaven.

A Rosary Service will be held at Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church on Saturday, November 23, 2019 at 12:30 pm. Funeral Mass will be held at 1:00 pm. There will be a reception at the church following Mass.