Lensy Charles HOTZ

HOTZ, THOMPSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:42

Lensy Charles Hotz
[This death contains a number of discrepancies; Name from death and birth certificate (Lensy Charles Hotz and Linsey Charles Hotz); name from obituary (LeRoy Charles Hotz); Date of birth from birth certificate (December 20, 1920) from death certificate (December 10, 1920); date of death from death certificate (April 14, 1921]; from obituary (April 13, 1921); age at death from obituary (4 months and 21 days); from death certificate (3 months and 24 days); parents from obituary (Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Hotz); from death certificate (W. C. Hotz and Lula Thompson); from birth certificate (Charles W. Hotz and Lula Thompson); cemetery from death certificate (Ulchang Cemetery); from obituary (in Thor);]

My interpretation is that Lensy Charles Hotz was born December 10, 1920 and died April 14, 1921, the son of Charles Wesley and Lulu May Thompson Hotz. I believe that he is buried in East Ullensvang Cemetery in Thor, Iowa where his grandmother, Mary Thompson, was buried in 1917. Thor is 9 miles west of Eagle Grove and is where Lensy's mother Lulu Thompson Hotz was raised. Lulu Thompson Hotz's obituary says that on October 16, 1915 she married Charles Wesley Hotz and had six children, four surviving and that she was preceded in death by her mother and two sons, Teddy G. and Charles L. Hotz.

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December 10, 1920 ---- April 14, 1921

LeRoy Charles Hotz, infant son of Mr. & Mrs. L. F. Hotz died Wednesday April 13th. He was 4 months and 23 days of age. Interment took place at Thor, Rev. Muhleman of Eagle Grove officiating.

Eagle Grove Times Gazette – Eagle Grove, Iowa
April 21, 1921, page 1

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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our neighbors and friends for their aid and sympathy during the sickness and death of our baby. We wish to thank all for the beautiful floral tributes.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hotz and Children

Eagle Grove Eagle -- Eagle Grove, Iowa
April 21, 1921

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Iowa Death Certificate #99-01706 for Lensy Charles Hotz states born December 10, 1920 in Eagle Grove and died on April 14, 1921 in Eagle Grove, age 3 months and 24 days. Parents W. C. Hotz and Lula Thompson; cause of death hydrocephalus and spina bifida since birth. Funeral director was A. J. Kubitschek; Informant was C. W. Hotz. Cemetery listed is Ulchang Cemetery.

Birth Certificate is listed as Linsey Charles Hotz
Birth Date: 20 December 1920
Birth Place: Eagle Grove Township, Wright Co, Iowa
Father: Charles W. Hotz
Mother: Lula Thompson