From the Sullivan County Democrat, Callicoon, New York in August of 1888:

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  Fire destroyed a Mongaup Valley landmark Saturday morning when the Valley
Inn burned.  It was a "watering hole" for many hunters and fishermen who
came from Orange and Ulster Counties when the tavern, once known as a
"speakeasy" was owned and operated by Fred Kitz.

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From the Sullivan County Democrat, Callicoon, New York in August of 1906:

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Fred Kitz has sold the Halfway House at Mongaup Valley which was formerly
owned by his son-in-law Charles M. Heidt, to Mrs. Dorothy Bayer of New York
for $3,700.

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From a local newspaper in September of 1918:

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Golden Wedding
Mongaup Valley couple have been married 50 years.

  Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kitz, of Mongaup Valley, celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 1st.  Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kitz
and Fred Kitz, Jr., of Mongaup Valley; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kitz, Mileses; Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Kitz, Livingston Manor; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Heidt, Malvin Heidt,
Charlie Heidt and Nicholas Heidt, Ferndale; Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Gallagher,
Mongaup Valley; Mr. and Mrs. Wm.  Daucher, Catherine Daucher, Mildred
Daucher and William Daucher, Monticello; Miss Nathlia Schmidt, Brooklyn;
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Goff, Monticello; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Maus and Frederick
Maus, Liberty; Mrs. W. Stanton, Leon Stanton, Ruth Stanton, Vera Stanton
and Miss M. Colten, New Brunswick, N. J.; Mrs. Ann Gilroy, Miss Mary
Hurley and Miss Katherine Duffy, Mongaup Valley; Walter Sipple, Mileses.
They received many beautiful presents of gold and gold coins and also linen
pieces of different variety.

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From the Sullivan County Democrat, Callicoon, New York in October of 1918:

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  Wm. C. Goff, aged 35, a well-known horseman of Monticello, was taken from
this life with influenza and pneumonia.  He leaves his wife, who was the
former Dora Kitz of Mongaup Valley.

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From a local newspaper in December of 1924:

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Mrs. Kitz dies at the age of 76
  Mrs. Kitz died at her home, the Kitz Hotel, Mongaup Valley, N. Y.,
Saturday morning, Dec. 20th, 1924, aged 76 years, 11 months and 14 days.
Cause of death was enlargement of liver, from which she had suffered three
months.  Deceased was born in New York City January 6th, 1848, a daughter of
William and Catherine Deckelman.  Her parents came to Fremont when she was a
child, about 70 years ago.  She attended school in Fremont and assisted her
mother in house work.  At the age of 21 she married Mr. Kitz, Sept. 1st,
1868, at St. Mary's Church in Obernburg, Rev. Father Rosh officiating.
Thirty-five years of her married life was passed in the town of Fremont.
In 1903 the family removed to Mongaup Valley, where she had resided 21 years.
She is survived by her husband, three sons and four daughters, 17 grand
children and three great grandchildren.  The sons are William Anthony, in
the town of Fremont; Joseph, at North Adams, Mass.; and Fred J. Kitz, at
Mongaup Valley.  The daughters are Catherine, wife of Charles M. Heidt, of
Liberty, N. Y.; Dora, wife of Terrance McMurray, formerly at Lake Huntington,
now stopping at Mongaup Valley; Mrs. Clara Gallagher, at Starlight, N. Y.,
and Mrs. Anna Doucher, at Mongaup Valley.  Funeral at St. Mary's Church,
Obernburg, N. Y., Tuesday morning, Rev. J. J. Lyons, of Monticello,
officiating, assisted by Father Lucus, of St. Mary's Church, and Father
Fitzgerald, of Monticello.  Interment in St. Mary's cemetery, Obernburg.
Six grandsons acted as bearers.  Mrs Kitz was a kind and affectionate wife,
devoted mother to her children and a friend to all who knew her.

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From a local newspaper in December of 1924:

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Mrs. Fred Kitz

  In addition to the brief notice in the Times of last week of the death
of the Mrs. Fred Kitz we append the following:
  Mrs. Catherine Deckelman Kitz died at her home at Mongaup Valley of
enlargement of the liver, Saturday morning, December 20th., 1924.  Mrs. Kitz
was born in New York city, January 6th., 1848, and was therefore aged 76
years, 11 months and 14 days.  She had lived at Mongaup Valley 21 years.
  She was married September 1st 1868, at Obernburg, N. Y.  She came to the
town of Fremont in Sullivan county in 1855.  She was a daughter of William
Deckelman and Catherine Lavender.  She was married by Father Rush, priest at
Fremont, in 1868.  In early life she joined the Catholic church at Obernburg
and since 1903 had been a member of St. Joseph's church at Mongaup Valley.
She had been ill about nine weeks.  Her home was at Fred Kitz's Hotel,
Mongaup Valley.  She is survived by the following
  William F. Kitz, town of Fremont; Joseph Kitz, residing at North Adams,
Mass. and Fred J. Kitz, at Mongaup Valley; Catherine, wife of Chas M. Heidt,
at Liberty, N. Y.; Dora, wife of Terrance McMurry, Lake Huntington, N. Y.;
Clara, wife of Charles Gallagher, at Starlight, N. Y.; Mrs. Anna Davehen,
at Mongaup Valley; also 17 grand children and three great grand children.
  Mrs. Kitz's funeral was held Tuesday morning at St. Mary's church at
Obernburg, Rev. J. J. Lyons, assisted by Father Fitzgerald, of Monticello and
Father Lucas, of St. Mary's church, Obernburg.  Interment was in St. Mary's
cemetery at Obernburg.  Her six grandsons were pall bearers.

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From a local newspaper in March of 1928:

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FRED KITZ DIES AT THE AGE OF 80
Was born on the ocean enroute to America

The Good Ship was on the ocean for 120 days and buffeted by a raging storm.
  Frederick Kitz, Sr. who was nearly 81 years old, died at the home of his
son, Fred, at Mongaup Valley on Tuesday, March 27th, following an illness
of two weeks of heart trouble.  Three years before -- on Dec. 20th -- he
lost his helpmate, who had been with him through all the vicisitudes of
their married life, which was more than a half century in length.  It was
a sorry day for the old gentleman and he longingly mourned her departure.
He had always been rugged and healthy, and it was only a few days before
his death that the break came.
  Mr. Kitz was the son of Valentine Kitz and Gutlebber Hammacher, who
came to this country from Germany in 1847.  They were on the ocean for
one hundred and twenty days and it was during the voyage that Baby Kitz
was born.  He always marveled at the fact that he was a born seaman instead
of a landsman.  The good old ship Baltimore was the vessel on which his
parents sailed.  It was a strong sea for a part of the way across, and the
ship was buffeted to and fro; while her beam creaked, and her sails were torn,
she stood up under the ordeal grandly and finally landed at the Castle Garden.
The ship was well on the American side when a gale struck her broadside and
swept her along at a fast speed toward the country from whence she came.
But it was in American waters that Baby Kitz was born April 22, 1847, and
from that day to the day he died he was an American citizen, unwavering in
his allegiance to Uncle Sam.
  His parents went to Jeffersonville where they lived for many years.
Mr. Kitz, grown to young manhood, went to Obernburg where he married
Miss Catharine Deckelman, September 1, 1868.  The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Father Rosch in St. Mary's church.  He bought a farm and tilled
the soil successfully until twenty-four years ago, when he sold the farm
and went to Mongaup Valley, where he bought the "Half Way House", which he
conducted for three years.  He sold the place to Herman Tauch and then went
to live with his son, Fred J. Kitz, who owned the Central Hotel.
  The funeral was held on March 30th, from the same church at Obernburg, where
he had gone forth fifty-five years before as a happy bride-groom and where
he had gone out fifty-three years later mourning the loss of that companion.
  The services for the dead were performed by Rev. Father Lyons of Monticello,
Father Dominio, of Obernburg and Father Fitzgerald of Monticello, March 30th.
The pall bearers were six grandsons, quite a remarkable occurrence as well
as a remarkable service.  They were:
  Melvin Heidt, Charles Heidt, Nick Heidt, Leon Schad, William Kitz and
Henry Schad.
  Among the survivors are:  three sons, four daughters, 17 grandchildren and
four great grandchildren.  The sons are William Anthony Kitz of the town of
Fremont; Joseph, of New Brunswick, N. J.; and Fred J. Kitz at Mongaup Valley.
The daughters are: Catharine, wife of Charles M. Heidt, of Liberty; Dora,
wife of Terrance McMuray of Monticello; Mrs. Clara Gallagher of Starlight
and Mrs. Anna Doucher, of Mongaup Valley.

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