Barbara was born in 1931. She was the daughter of August Reitz and Dorothy Kortum. She passed away in 1988.
Sources
"Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3G-6C4T : 18 May 2016), Barbara Jane Reitz, 03 Jan 1931; Dolton, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 1, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWY6-GDR : 8 January 2021), Barbara Reitz in household of August Reitz, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-617, sheet 12A, line 33, family 224, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 940.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWY6-GDR : 8 January 2021), Barbara Reitz in household of August Reitz, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-617, sheet 12A, line 33, family 224, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 940.
"Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7WLP-9WN2 : 27 August 2019), Barbara Reitz in entry for Robert P Van Pelt, 8 Sep 1951; citing Marriage, Cook, Illinois, United States, citing Cook County Clerk. Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 103474890.
"Illinois, Cook County, Obituaries, ca. 1970-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-NYDD : 13 February 2020), Barbara Reitz Van Pelt, 1988; citing Cook, Illinois, United States, South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society, South Holland; FHL microfilm 1,907,604.
"Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23W-NG8G : 18 March 2018), Barbara Vanpelt, 05 Nov 1988; citing Olympia Fields, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/106906919/barbara-j-van_pelt : accessed 25 July 2021), memorial page for Barbara J Van Pelt (3 Jan 1931–5 Nov 1988), Find A Grave: Memorial #106906919, citing Homewood Memorial Gardens, Homewood, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Rudy Figueroa (contributor 48006773) .
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