WEISS, John W.: Died 1971

WEISS, TSCHANTZ, HUDDLESON, DEITZ

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 5/20/2021 at 08:50:26

**Handwritten: d 8/4/71

Funeral held for Weiss

Funeral services were held Saturday for John W. Weiss, 73, who died at 9:20 p.m. Wednesday at Macomb, Ill. after a lengthy illness.

The funeral was conducted at the Pulaski United Methodist Church by the Rev. Del Epp. Burial was in the Pulaski Cemetery.

The retired employe of the Burlington Railroad was born in Ottumwa Jan. 14, 1898 to Albert and Emma Huddleson Weiss. He was a resident of Pulaski for 49 years.

He married Fannie Tschantz on Dec. 24, 1921 in Bloomfield. She died in 1956.

Survivors include two sons, Glen of Bushnell, Ill.; six grandchildren; one brother, Charles of Bloomfield; and three sisters, Dollie Weiss of Bloomfield, Ruth Weiss of Fairfield and Mrs. Pearl Deitz of Des Moines.

One brother and on sister also preceded him in death.

Source: "The Hazel Stanford Obituary Collection", Pg. 192, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA