BARTZ, Eugene Allen "Gene"

BARTZ, HARTWIG, HEIZEELMAN, CROSIER, LOLLAR, THAYER, EVENSON, BILINGS, LANE

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 10/23/2014 at 12:36:29

Obituary - Eugene Allen "Gene" Bartz
March 02, 1935 ~ December 22, 2009

Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Eugene Allen Bartz, 74, of Grafton, died Dec. 22, 2009, at his home. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 6, 2010, at Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, Highway 65 South in Northwood.

Gene was born March 2, 1935, son of Alvin and Vera (Hartwig) Bartz. He was baptized and confirmed at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Grafton, Iowa. He graduated from Grafton High School, class of 1953. He married Joann Heizelman on March 4, 1956. They had four children. He farmed all his life in the Grafton area.

He is preceded in death by his son, Michael Bartz; mother, Vera Bartz; father, Alvin Bartz; and brother, Roger Bartz.

He is survived by daughter, Bonnie (and Dean) Crosier of Bloomington, III.; granddaughter, Kathryn (and Matthew) Lollar; great grandchildren, Bridget and Graham; grandson, Kelsey Thayer; daughter, Brenda (and Greg) Evenson of Boone, Iowa; grandsons, Ryan Billings and Karl Billings; son, Mark (and Rebecca) Bartz of Mason City, Iowa; grandsons, Adam and Trevor Bartz (sons of the late Michael Batz), the children's mother, Joann Bartz of Mason City, Iowa; and his sister, Marjorie Lane of Minneapolis, Minn.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2014