KURTZ, Gerald A. 1899 - 1964

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

Posted By: Deborah Brownfield - Stanley (email)
Date: 2/26/2006 at 13:18:08

"The Fairfield Ia. Ledger"
Thursday, December 3, 1964
Page 8 column 7
and
Brighton Enterprise
Dec. 10, 1964
Page 1 column 6

Gerald KURTZ, Packwood Area Farmer, Dies

Gerald A. KURTZ, 65, Packwood area farmer, died at 8:35 a.m. today at Jefferson County hospital. He had been in failing health for seven months and seriously ill for two and a half months.

Services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic church at East Pleasant Plain in charge of the Rev. Fr. Henry B. Geers. Burial will be in St. Joseph cemetery.

The Rosary will be recited Sunday at 8 p.m. at the Raymond Funeral Home.

KURTZ was born Nov. 24, 1899 at Germanville, son of John S. and Bertha KAUFFMAN KURTZ. He was reared and educated in the Germanville community. He was married to Emma C. LEDGER Jan. 27, 1925.

Surviving are his wife and three children: Mrs. Stanley WARD, Ottumwa; Herman KURTZ of Fairfield Route 4; and Lawrence KURTZ, Packwood.

Also surviving are 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 the Fraternal Order of Eagles. One sister and one step-brother preceded him in death.

~~~~
Copied with permission from The Fairfield Ledger, Inc. IAGenWeb Bylaws PROHIBIT the COPYING AND RE-POSTING OF THIS MATERIAL IN ANY PUBLIC VENUE such as Ancestry or Find A Grave without WRITTEN permission from the poster ~ copyright restrictions apply.
*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.