Lantz, Robert Earl 1958-1973

SCHAVE, LANTZ, LIVINGOOD, WANDER, MOODY

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 5/8/2010 at 20:37:02

Services Held For Robert Lantz

Funeral services were held Saturday, January 20, 1973 at 11:15 a.m. at the Marion Lutheran Church, Gunder, for Robert "Little Bobby" Lantz, who died Wednesday, January 17 at Tommy Dale Memorial Hospital, Sioux City. The Rev. Robert Henriksen officiated. Burial was in the Frankville cemetery by his father and great grandfather.

Robert Earl Lantz was born June 17, 1958, the son of Marvin and Sandra (Schave) Lantz, at the [old] Postville Hospital and was baptized November 8, 1958 at Marion Lutheran Church, Gunder, Iowa. He attended the trainable class at Decorah for 1½ years prior to going to Tommy Dale.

His father preceded him in death [on April 21, 1970 in a car accident, and his great grandfather, Earl Livingood (1962)]. He is survived by his mother, Sandra Wander and step-father Gerald Wander of Gunder, a brother Michael Lantz, a sister Lori Lantz; grandparents Walter and Pearl (Bush) Lantz of Elgin and Glen and Dorothy (Livingood) Schave of Gunder, and step-grandparents, Joe and Cecil Wander of Clermont; great grandparents, Mrs. Sophie Livingood and Mrs. Jane Moody and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

Heaven's Very Special Child

A meeting was held quite far from earth.
"It's time again for another birth,"
Said the Angels to the Lord above.
"This special child will need much Love.
His progress may seem very slow,
Accomplishments he may not show,
And he'll require extra care
From the folks he meets, way down there.
He may not run or laugh or play,
His thoughts may seem quite far away.
In many ways he won't adapt,
And he'll be known as handicapped.
So let's be careful where he's sent.
We want his life to be content.
Please, Lord, find the parents who
Will do a special job for You.
They will not realize right away
The leading role they're asked to play.
But with this child sent from above.
Comes stronger faith and richer love.
And soon they'll know the privilege given
In caring for this gift from Heaven.
Their precious charge, so meek and mild,
Is Heaven's very SPECIAL child!"

Author Unknown

They are not lost who find the light of sun and stars and God.

Extracted from an obituary in the Postville Herald newspaper, January 24, 1973, a funeral brochure and family information.