Daniel Ivan Sitze, son of the late Elmer Ivan Sitze and Lucille Jeanette Sitze, was born on October 4, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and departed this life on September 10, 2022, at his residence in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 73 years.

Mr. Sitze was a former principal at Zalma, Woodland and Richland schools and a former teacher at various schools in the area. He pastored St. Joe General Baptist Church in Bloomfield, Missouri, from 1986 to 2010.

On December 20, 1969, at Bethel General Baptist Church, he was united in marriage to Connie Staats. Mrs. Sitze survives of their home in Dexter.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his son, Eric Sitze and wife Delisa of Dexter, Missouri; by his daughter, Heather Rice and husband Loyd of Dexter, Missouri; by his sister, Karen Elledge and husband Larry of Jackson, Missouri; and by five grandchildren, Natalie Sitze, Dylan Sitze, Jake Rice, Joe Rice, and James Rice.

Other than by his parents, he was preceded in death by two grandchildren, JC and Abbie Rice.

Visitation will be held at St. Joe General Baptist Church in Bloomfield, Missouri on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted at St. Joe General Baptist Church on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in the Berrong Cemetery in Gipsy, Missouri.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.