Elsie Emma Elizabeth Quitmeyer nee Hertwig, age 99, died on August 26, 2023. Elsie was born on July 19, 1924 in Detroit Michigan to the Rev. Dr. Frederick A. Hertwig and Martha Pfotenhauer Hertwig. Elsie grew up and was nurtured in the Christian faith at Gethsemane Lutheran Church, her father’s parish, in Detroit.
Elsie studied at Bethany College in Mankato Minnesota and at Wayne State University before obtaining her degree at Oakland University. She taught at Gethsemane School in Detroit and St. John Lutheran School in Rochester and actively participated in other ministries. She was an avid learner and an accomplished singer.
In 1948, Elsie married Ernest Siegfried Quitmeyer, and they remained married until Siegfried’s death in 2004. They raised four children, Hans (Siri) Quitmeyer, Gretel Quitmeyer, Fritz (Alison) Quitmeyer, Heidi Quitmeyer, and special daughter Sylvia Ertman. They were blessed with five grandchildren, Katherine (Sean), Henry (Julie), Sebastian, Maitland and Vivian (Jacob) and two great grandchildren, Owen and Grace.
Elsie’s two brothers, the Reverend Frederick Hertwig and Carl Hertwig, both predeceased her.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, September 1 at St. John Lutheran Church, 1011 West University Drive in Rochester, Michigan. Visitation is Thursday, August 31 from 3-8 p.m. at PIXLEY FUNERAL HOME, 322 West University Drive in Rochester. Internment will be at Glen Eden Memorial Park in Livonia immediately following the funeral. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers that memorial contributions be made to St. John Lutheran Church/All2Jesus Expansion Fund, 1011 West University Drive, Rochester, Michigan 48307.
