OBIT: Mary (MARKS) GANSZ, 1899, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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RECORD OF DEATHS.
Mrs. Henry Gansz Passes to Her Reward.  Funeral Arrangements.

  At 3.45 o'clock yesterday morning Mrs. Mary Gansz, wife of Henry 
Gansz and mother of Night Patrolman Nicholas Gansz, died at her home at 
1511 Eleventh avenue, of a complication of diseases.  She had been 
ailing for four months during which time she bore her sufferings 
patiently.  The deceased was a daughter of Nicholas and Margaret Marks, 
deceased, and was born at Springfield Mines, Blair county, June 27, 
1850.  She had been a resident of this city nearly all her life having 
accompanied her parents here when 6 years old.  She was married to 
Henry Gensz in this city on September 21, 1871, and, besides her 
husband, is survived by these children: Nicholas, Henry and Anna, at 
home, and Mrs. George Keil, of this city.  She is also survived by one 
brother, J. H. Marks, in the west.  Mrs. Gansz was a member of St. 
James' German Lutheran church, and her death, which was unexpected, 
will be received with sorrow and regret by a large number of friends.  
The funeral will take place Friday afternoon, services to be conducted 
in St. James's church at 2 o'clock; interment in Oak Ridge cemetery.

Morning Tribune, Thursday, October 26, 1899