Schurtz, LuCinda "Lou" 1890-1975

SCHURTZ, STRICKLER, OYLER, SARSFIELD, WILSON, WHITE, COLPH, CLAYBERG, ROBERTSON, COUGHENOUR

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes
Date: 1/22/2014 at 17:22:08

The Grinnell (IA) Herald-Register
Aug. 13, 1975

MRS. SCHURTZ
RITES FRIDAY

Mrs. LuCinda "Lou" Schurtz, 85, of 827 Prince St., Grinnell, died early Wednesday at Friendship Manor.

Funeral services for Mrs. Schurtz will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Christian Church in Maxwell, with the Rev. O.E. Barrow of Elkhart, Iowa, officiating. Music will be provided by Mrs. Verl Myers, organist, and Don Myers, Vocalist. Pallbearers will be Richard Collins, David Henry, Wayne Henry, John Holmes, Michael Holmes and Robert Holmes. Burial will be at Woodland Cemetery in Iowa Center, with the Smith Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

The daughter of John and Nancy Jane Strickler Oyler, she was born June 10, 1890, in Story County. She attended rural school near her home in Collins Township.

On June 15, 1907, she was married to Orvil I. Sarsfield in Collins. The couple had three children, Arthur, Mildred and Orvil. Following Mr. Sarsfield's death on Feb. 2, 1935, she moved to Nevada, Iowa. On Oct. 3, 1937, she was married to Walter Raymond Schurtz in Chicago. Following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Schurtz made their home in Boone until 1943 when they moved to Des Moines. Mr. Schurtz died Oct. 14, 1964.

Mrs. Schurtz moved to Grinnell 2-1/2 years ago to be near her daughter.

Survivors include two children, Mrs. Perry (Mildred M.) Wilson of Grinnell and Orvil C. Sarsfield of Des Moines; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Marie White of Maxwell. She was preceded in death by her two husbands; one son, Arthur L. Sarsfield; her parents; four sisters, Hannah M. Colph, Florence E. Clayberg, Jessie B. Robertson and Cora A. Coughenour; and four brothers, James, John, Clifford and Tilman Oyler.