Obit of George Gantz (g532) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 03 May 2003 Return to Roger Mills Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ==================================================================== Surnames: Gantz, Lutz, Hensley, Bachmann, Doyle Originally Posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5400 George Gantz, 91, pioneer western Oklahoma citizen and Durham farmer, died Sunday, February 14, 1971 at the Cheyenne hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were Wednesday at the Durham community building at 2 o'clock with interment in Fairview cemetery, Durham, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Revv. Ray Smart and Leland Burch will officiate. Mr. Gantz was born August 6, 1879, in Alsac-Loraine. He was married November 27, 1902 to Dora Anna Lutz at Richamn, Kansas. He homesteaded in Roger Mills county in 1901 and has lived at Durham practically all his life. He was a member of the Baptist church. His wife preceded him in deaath on June 1, 1958. Survivors are his two daughters, Erma Hensley and Ima Backhann, both of Durham; a son, Walter Gantz, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas; a daughter-in-law Mrs. Willie Doyle, Caldwell, Kansas; a brother, Will Gantz, Shattuck, Oklahoma; 19 grandchildren; 34 great grandchildren; one great great grandchild. Pallbearers were Wesley York, Dewitt Hawkins, Bob Manhart, Donnie Chappell, Sy Churchill and Albert Smith. Scroggins and Son Funeral Home were in charge of funeral arrangements. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 20-Feb-1971 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html