GANTZ, John Orville / Orval 1898 - 1939

GANTZ, GRAUEL, BONNETT, WARNER

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 9/21/2022 at 21:02:00

"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Thursday, August 17, 1939
Page THREE, Column 3

ORVAL GANTZ PASSES AWAY IN MINNESOTA
Well known farmer dies today following operation

Word was received this morning of the sudden death of Orval GANTZ, well-known Jefferson county farmer.

Mr. GANTZ passed away at 1:30 p.m. today at Grand Rapids, Minn. following an emergency operation.

Known to many persons in the community, Mr. GANTZ has been a successful farmer, living about eight miles northwest of here on the Fairfield-Packwood road. No funeral arrangements have been made.

Mr. GANTZ was 41 years of age. Last Thursday he left on a vacation fishing trip with Mrs. GANTZ, son John Keith and his brother, Glenn GANTZ.

He underwent an emergency operation in Grand Rapids for stomach ulcers. Mr. GANTZ had had several operations previously.

He is survived by his wife, a son, John Keith; a brother Glenn; two sisters, Mrs. Marie GRAUEL, who is vacationing in the east at present, and Mrs. E. R. BONNETT, eight miles northwest, and his mother, Mrs. Lizzie B. GANTZ, 307 West Washington.

Mr. GANTZ is also a brother-in-law of Richard WARNER, 407 North Court street.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Saturday, August 19, 1939
Front Page, Column 6

GANTZ Funeral Is Tomorrow Afternoon at Christian Church

The body of Orval GANTZ arrived in Fairfield this morning and was brought to the Hoskins Funeral Home. Later it was taken to the home ten miles northwest of the city.

Friends may call at the home where the body will lie in state until tomorrow afternoon. The casket will not be opened at the church.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, Aug. 20 at 2:30 o'clock at the First Christian church in Fairfield, with S. P. Williamson in charge. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Saturday, August 19, 1930
Page TWO, Column 2

The Social Calendar

... SUNDAY, AUGUST 20

... Legionnaires meet at 2:00 p.m. in hall to attend Orval GANTZ funeral in body. ...

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Note: Buried in Lot 2nd.122. Wife Etta C. WARNER GANTZ subsequently married John's brother Glenn Paul GANTZ, died in 1982, and was buried on the same lot as both husbands.