Patricia Deitz

Obituary Patricia Ann Forrest Deitz, 73, of Newport, died on Sunday, March 30, 2014, at Heritage Health Care at Taylor Place, Sea Level. A celebration gathering will be held at 2:30 p.m., Monday, April 7, 2014, at the Newport Church of Christ, 2101 S. Lakeview Drive, Newport. Mrs. Pat Deitz was born on November 14, 1940 in Winston-Salem to Lewis Conrad and Mary Todd Forrest. She moved with her family to the Morehead City area in 1947 as a small child. Mrs. Deitz graduated from Newport Consolidated High School. She married Basil B. Jones and they had three children Mike, Steve, and Laurie. Mr. Jones died in 1984. Mrs. Deitz worked about twenty years at the Conner Homes Corporation offices in Newport; as an advertising salesperson for Markey Advertising and Printing in Havelock; and the U.S. Postal Service for a number of years. She married Vic Deitz, a retired Marine Corps Major, in 2003, and they spent their time between their home in Newport and their home in Yuma, Arizona, until his death in 2012. Mrs. Deitz was a member of the Newport Church of Christ. She is survived by her daughter, Laurie Williams and husband, Gary, of Kaluha, HI; sons, Michael Forrest Jones of Winston-Salem and Stephen Todd Jones of Savannah, Georgia; brothers, Lewis Forrest and wife, Linda, of Ayden; Timothy Forrest and wife, Betty, of Winterville, and Ken Forrest and wife, Sue, of Antioch, CA; granddaughter, Erin Alexandra Williams; and daughter-in-law, Mary Louise Jones of Maryville, TN. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Carteret General Hospital Foundation for the Raab Clinic, P.O. Drawer 1619, Morehead City, NC 28557. Celebration Gathering 2:30 p.m. ,Monday, April 7, 2014 Newport Church of Christ 2101 S. Lakeview Drive Newport, NC 28570 Services You can still show your support by sending flowers directly to the family, or by planting a memorial tree in the memory of Patricia Deitz