Anthony H. Wirtz

Anthony H. Wirtz, 84, of Boulder City, passed away Jan. 23, 2012. He was born May20, 1927, in Wilkes Barre, PA, raised in the Chicago area, and was a 31-year resident of Nevada. He enlisted in the US Army at age 17 and served at the end of WWII. After his discharge, he remained in Berlin as a civilian employee of the War Dept. Graduating magna cum laude from Notre Dame in 1951, he received his masters from the Univ. of NM in 1957. He worked as a wholesale drug sales agent in Albuquerque then in a series of federal management positions for NASA, Bureau of Aeronautics, Bureau of Naval Weapons, and Bureau of Indian Affairs as development officer for the Uintah Ouray Reservation in Utah. He joined the Army Reserves with the Berlin Call-up of 1961, retiring with rank of Lt. Colonel. In 1965 he moved to Vietnam to supervise projects for the US Agency for International Development. He continued with USAID in Vientiane, Laos; Islamabad, Pakistan; and Nouakchott, Mauritania. He moved to Boulder City in 1981 where he had the H&R Block franchise and sold real estate and insurance. He was a member of St. Andrew Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus, ROA, AFSA, the Boulder City Museum and Historical Assoc., and treasurer of the US-China People Friendship Assoc. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Rosalie; daughter, Rosette McClave; son-in-law, Scott McClave; son, Patrick; and 4 grandchildren, Katie, Andrew, Piper, and Jack. There is a web memorial at www.dignitymemorial.com. A rosary will be held 6:30pm followed by a vigil at 7pm, Sun., Jan. 29, at St. Andrew Catholic Community. A funeral mass will be held at 10:30am, Mon., Jan. 30, at St. Andrew, 1399 San Felipe Dr., BC., followed by a burial at 12pm at the Southern Nevada Veteran Memorial Cemetery, 1900 Buchanan Blvd., BC

Arrangements under the direction of Palm Boulder Highway Mortuary, Henderson, NV.