Obituaries: Herman Pelz, 1951, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 3, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise 

Herman Pelz, 77, Native of Germany Died Here Apr. 26

Herman Pelz, 77, head machinist for the Tremont and Gulf Railway Machine Shops
for 30 years, died at a local hospital at 1:45 p.m. Thursday, April 26, after
a long illness.  Funeral services were conducted at the Southern Funeral Home
Chapel, with Rev. Alwin Stokes, assisted by Rev. P. M. Caraway, officiated. 
Burial was in Boggachitto, Miss., Friday afternoon.

Employees of the Tremont and Gulf Railway acted as pallbearers.

Born in Kingdom County, Saxton Markneuiken, Germany, June 3, 1874, Mr. Pelz
came to the United States at the age of 13 with his family.  He lived and
worked in the north and later settled in Mississippi where he married.  He had
been a resident of Winnfield for about 34 years.  His wife preceded him in
death four years ago.

For the past two years or more he had made his home with the R. L. Kraft
family, Route 2, Winnfield.

He is survived by a brother in Wisconsin and a sister in Chicago.