On January 5, 2012, Mary Rita Kratz (nee Lenahan), beloved wife of Peter F. Kratz, Sr.; devoted mother of Mary Rita Smith (nee Kratz), Peter F. Kratz, Jr. and Thomas J. Kratz, Sr.; loving grandmother of Ronald Michael Smith, Christopher Ryan Smith, Regina Maria Smith, Peter F. Kratz, III, Anthony R. Kratz, Cynthia I. Lauta, Kathryn A. Stine, Thomas J. Kratz, Jr. and David J. Kratz; dear sister of the late James and John Lenahan. Also survived by ten great grandchildren.

A Christian Wake service will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk, Inc., 7922 Wise Ave. on Sunday at 7 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Our Lady of Hope Church on Monday at 10 AM. Interment Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery. Friends may call on Sunday from 4 to 8 PM. Expressions of sympathy may be made to St. Judes Childrens Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105