Sintz

William Lee 'Bill' 'Willy' Sintz, 59, formerly of Butler, died Tuesday at St. John Specialty Care Center in Mars. He had been a resident there since January 2003.

Born Jan. 3, 1947, in Butler, he was a son of the late William A. and Ida M. Ealy Sintz.

He was a 1965 graduate of Butler High School. He had worked for Napco in Valencia for 17 years, the Blind Association in Butler for three and a half years and Jimi Enterprises, Route 8, for two years, until his illness in 2001.

He was a member of Holy Sepulcher Roman Catholic Church in Glade Mills, and Penn Township Volunteer Fire Department, and enjoyed drawing and painting. He loved horses, cats and especially his dog Al, a black lab.

Surviving are his wife, Karen L. Zimmel Sintz, whom he married Nov. 21, 1970; a son, William Edward Sintz of Saxonburg; a daughter, Tiffani Mae Sintz of Butler, and a half-sister, Shirley Peth of Butler.

He was preceded in death by a half-sister.

<B>SINTZ</B> — Friends of William Lee Sintz, who died Tuesday, May 16, 2006, will be received at <B>Geibel Funeral Home</B>, 201 E. Cunningham St., from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Funeral services will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Peter Cemetery. Cremation services are provided by the funeral home.In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Butler Blind Association, 322 McKean St., Butler, PA 16001 or to the Butler County Humane Society, 1015 Evans City Road, Renfrew, PA 16053.