Curtiss Arthur Reitz was born November 17, 1940, in Hettinger, North Dakota, to Arthur Leon Reitz and Marguerite Blanche (Johnson) Reitz of Ralph, South Dakota. He spent his last days in this world surrounded by family, and at the age of 75 at St. Alexius Medical Center, Bismarck, North Dakota, he passed on to new life around 3:00am Saturday morning, September 10, 2016.

Visitation will begin on Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. at the Krebsbach and Kulseth Funeral Home Chapel, Bowman, North Dakota. There will be a Rosary and Wake Service on Tuesday, September 13, 2016, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Scranton, North Dakota beginning at 7:00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Wednesday, September 14, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Scranton with Fr. Stephen Folorunso celebrating the Mass. Burial will follow in the Bowman Cemetery, Bowman, near his parents, Art and Marguerite.

Curt, as known to friends and family, attended the Ralph country school for the first four years of elementary school, and for grades five through his senior year of high school, continued his education at Saint Mary's Catholic School in New England, North Dakota. In the first few years at St. Mary's, he contracted a case of rheumatic fever, and not being able to go to school during that time, kept occupied by learning to play the piano by ear. He also learned to play the accordion and became a star football player for the St. Mary's football program. Upon graduating from St. Mary's, he was offered a football scholarship to attend Carroll College in Helena, Montana. After his first year at Carroll College, he married JoAnne Walby (Hettinger, North Dakota) in August of 1962. He finished his degree at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, and returned to Ralph to help on the farm and raise his family. In the fall of 1971, they purchased the Bell Ranch northwest of Ralph where they resided until their children graduated from St. Mary's, after which he pursued a career as a commodities broker. Eventually, he moved to Bismarck where he used his experience helping others in recovery programs with West Central Human Services and the Dakotah Foundation.

Curt is predeceased by his parents and sister, MaryLou (Reitz) Mollman, married to Dave Mollman (also now deceased). Those who remain in this world to celebrate his life in memory are: JoAnne (Walby) Reitz of Bismarck, North Dakota; son Robert of Saint Louis Park, Minnesota; son Jonathan, married to Stacy (Johnson) Reitz and children Cody (and Christina Morales), Logan, Matthew, and Connor, of Alpharetta, Georgia; daughter Trish (Patricia Reitz) Jeske, married to Jim Jeske, and children Hannah, James and Thomas, of Bismarck, North Dakota; son Damon, married to Paula (Germann), and children Dalton and Kaitlin, of Scranton, North Dakota; and daughter Tammy (Tammera Reitz) Los, married to David Los, and children Alexis, Zander, and Henry, of Tucson, Arizona; sister Rita (Reitz) Andrews, married to Bob (now deceased); and Jan (Reitz) Faris, married to Lowell Faris; and a vast number of nieces and grand nieces, nephews and grandnephews, and cousins.

If desired, a memorial may be made to West Central Human Services or the Dakotah Foundation, both located in Bismarck, North Dakota. Additional information on these organizations is available at the following websites:
http://www.nd.gov/dhs/locations/regionalhsc/westcentral/index.html
http://www.dacotahfoundation.com/

Krebsbach and Kulseth Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.