OBIT: Levi B. GAUNTZ, 1941, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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LEVI B. GAUNTZ

  Levi B. Gauntz, a veteran retired B. & O. trainman and locomotive engineer, 
died at the home of his son, William, on Sherman Street, Meyersdale, at 6 a.m. 
Friday, aged 89 years, 9 months, 22 days.
  He was born September 26, 1852, a son of Walter and Christina (Shoemaker) 
Gauntz.  He came to Meyersdale many years ago from The Cove, Garrett County, 
Md., where he spent his youth.  He was a sterling, upright citizen and left his 
impress on the community by noble traits of character transmitted to his 
numerous progeny.
  The following children survive:
  Albert C. Gauntz, Garrett; S. E. Gauntz, Cumberland, Md.; W. C. Gauntz, John 
W. Gauntz, E. J. Gauntz, all of Meyersdale.  One daughter, Sarah Christner 
Gauntz, preceded him in death.
  He is also survived by 27 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and five 
great-great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2:30 p.m., in Zion Evangelical 
Lutheran Church, Rev. Glenn Stahl of Somerset officiating.

Meyersdale Republican, July 24, 1941