updated 09/05/2011

Emma Ann & William Henry Lenz Photo taken at Ahlstrom Studios in Lansing, ca1885 Children of Henry & Mary (Gramlich) Lenz

Children of Henry & Mary Lenz L-R: Wm. Henry, Antonetta 'Nettie' Mable, & Emma Ann Lenz ca1885

Women seated center: Mary (Gramlich) Lenz, the wife of Henry Lenz and Barbara (Vogler) Lenz, the wife of Fred Lenz. Two of the women standing may be Antonetta Mable Lenz & Emma Ann Lenz The others are unidentified. Can anyone help ID them? ~*~*~ Mary Gramlich Lenz Obit

Curtis William Lenz & Virginia E. Cooper wedding photo, June 1937 Curtis was the son of William Henry Lenz & Mathilda Bauman, daughter of Samuel and Christina (nee Sideler) Bauman. Curtis William Lenz Obit ~*~*~

A love letter ....

Caroline 'Carrie' Reed and Edwin Cooper were Virginia Cooper's parents. Virginia went on to marry Curtis William Lenz. Carrie was born 05 Dec 1878 and died 06 Nov 1967. Edwin was born 17 Dec 1867 and died 13 Jul 1941. They were married on 29 Sept 1897.

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Lenz - 4 generations, 1940/1941
Henry is seated, William standing behind, and Curtis holding his son Roger.

Henry was born 22 Aug 1855, and died 30 Aug 1941. He was the first Lenz born in the United States, on his parent's farm in Center Township. William Henry was born 06 Jun 1878 and died in 1958. William started the Lenz Garage. Curtis William was born 08 Oct 1911, and died 24 Aug 2011. And Roger Curtis was born 26 Mar 1939.

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The photo of the Lenz garage (immediately below) is now Kerndt Brothers Savings Bank. The undated interior & exterior photos (below left) are of the garage when located where Welsh's Farm and Home now is. The 1945 interior & exterior photos of the Lenz - Underwood garage (below right) were taken in the building where TJ Hunter's and Safe House Saloon now reside in Lansing on Main Street.

William Lenz started the business in the late 1910's, and when his son Curtis came of age he joined the business, working up until he was 96 years of age. It became Lenz Underwood when Jessie William 'Bill' Underwood bought into it. During those years it was a certified Farmall and Pontiac dealership. Bill was the husband of Alice (Lenz) Underwood.

Lenz Garage, Lansing

Close-up of the men in photo above
L-R: John Bjerke, Con Casey, Joe Kropf & Wm. Henry Lenz

Lenz Garage, undated Neither of the men are identified Lenz Garage, undated None of the men are identified

Lenz-Underwood garage, 1945 Interior of Lenz-Underwood garage, 1945

William H. Lenz Obit
Alice (Lenz) Underwood Obit

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Lenz Outfit, No. 3

The above photo of threshers in the field, is believed to be taken in the Church/Lansing area, possibably near the Lenz homestead in Center twp. No one in the photo is identified.

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~Photos contributed by Aubrie Lynn Lee from her personal collection. Aubrie is the granddaughter of Curtis & Virginia Lenz. Her email address can be found for 'Lenz' in the Surname Registry.

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