Mrs. Schirtz attended Little Valley High School and then moved to Buffalo to work for Curtis Wright, Bradley & Sons and the University at Buffalo in the food services division. She was a past member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Little Valley.
She was the wife of the late Donald Schirtz; daughter of the late Paul and Florence C. (Smith) Draves; mother of Donna Branda of Palm Harbor, FL; and sister of Jean Frentz of Little Valley and the late Pauline Paschen, Donald, Douglas and Edward Draves; also survived by three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and six nieces and nephews.
Arrangements were by the Mentley Funeral Home, Inc., Little Valley.