Kurtz, Gerald A. 1899 - 1964

KAUFFMAN, KURTZ, LEDGER, OTT, SHUPPY, WARD, WIENIKE

Posted By: Deborah Brownfield - Stanley (email)
Date: 2/26/2006 at 10:46:09

Fairfield Ledger
Thurs. Dec. 3, 1964
Page 8 column 7
and
Brighton Enterprise
Dec. 10, 1964
Page 1 column 6

GERALD A. KURTZ, 65, Packwood area farmer, died at 8:35 a.m. today at Jefferson County hospital….Services Mon. 10 a.m. St. Joseph Catholic church at East Pleasant Plain in charge of REV. FR. HENRY B. GEERS. Burial will be in St. Joseph cemetery. Raymond Funeral Home. Born Nov. 24, 1899 at Germanville, son of JOHN S. and BERTHA KAUFFMAN KURTZ; reared and educated in the Germanville community; married EMMA C. LEDGER Jan. 27, 1925. Surviving are wife and three children: MRS. STANLEY WARD, Ottumwa; HERMAN KURTZ of Fairfield R.#4; and LAWRENCE KURTZ, Packwood; 13 grandchildren; one brother, MYRON, Brighton; and the following half-brothers and half-sisters: JOHN and RAYMOND, Brighton; DONALD, Davenport; MRS. GERTRUDE WIENIKE, Kansas City, Mo.; MRS. HARRY OTT, MRS. HERBERT OTT, and MRS. LEONARD SHUPPY, all of Davenport. KURTZ was a member of St. Joseph Catholic church and FOE. One sister and one stepbrother preceded him in death.