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Lutz, Elza Lee

Lutz, Elza Lee

Male 1895 - 1985  (89 years)


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  • Name Lutz, Elza Lee 
    Birth 3 Jul 1895  Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number LUTZ.E002 
    _FGRAVE 18661433 
    Military Service World War I, Private, Company A, 131st Engineers, United States Army  [1, 3] 
    • Served from June 1918 - July 1919
    Elza Lee Lutz (1895-1985)    		 Elza Lee Lutz (1895-1985)


    Contributed by Bob Lybarger
    		United States Army
    		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
    		World War I

    (1914 - 1918)
    		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959)
    In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959, a…
    Death 24 Jun 1985  Lawrenceville, Lawrence County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Burial Smith Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Headstone, Lutz, Grace E., Elza L., and Grace L.    		 Headstone, Lutz, Grace E., Elza L., and Grace L.


    Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
    Headstone, Lutz, Elza    		 Headstone, Lutz, Elza


    Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
    Person ID I35565  Carl Wayne Gray Research
    Last Modified 22 Oct 2023 

    Father Lutz, John Michael,   b. 16 Dec 1867, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1949, Olney Sanitarium, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Zerkel, Emma E.,   b. 1860, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1940 (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage Y  [5] 
    Family ID F16055  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Moseley, Grace Ethel,   b. 27 Sep 1905, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1980, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage Y  [1, 2] 
    Family ID F8291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2023 

    Family 2 Brown, Grace Lorene,   b. 23 Apr 1899   d. 17 Oct 1932 (Age 33 years) 
    Marriage Y  [1, 6] 
    Children 
     1. Lutz, Evelyn N.,   b. Dec 1918   d. May 1928 (Age 9 years)
    +2. Lutz, Ninetta,   b. 16 Dec 1920, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1957, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    +3. Lutz, Dorothea L.,   b. 1 Aug 1923, Noble, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 2022, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years)
    +4. Lutz, Wilma Lou,   b. 18 May 1925, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 2013 (Age 87 years)
    +5. Lutz, Berneta Emma,   b. 25 Mar 1928, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 2018, Carle Richland Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    +6. Lutz, Grace Lorene 'Lulabell',   b. 17 Oct 1932, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 2021, Godfrey, Madison County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F10148  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 Jul 1895 - Richland County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Jun 1985 - Lawrenceville, Lawrence County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Smith Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • The Olney Daily Mail, June 25, 1985

      Elza Lutz, 89, Noble, died at 5 a.m. Monday, June 24, in the United Methodist Village in Lawrenceville. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, in the Hosselton-Bookhout-Engelmeier Funeral Home in Clay City with Rev. Jim Nettleton presiding. Burial will be in Smith Cemetery with full military rites at graveside. Memorials can be made to the Diabetes Foundation.

      Mr. Lutz was born July 3, 1895, in Richland County, the son of John and Emma (Zerkle) Lutz. He married Grace Brown in 1917, and she died in 1932. He then married Grace Smith in 1937, and she preceded him in death in 1980.

      He was a farmer; a member of the Noble United Methodist Church; a World War I veteran; a charter member of the Noble American Legion; a member of the WW I Barracks of Richland County; and the 40 & 8 of Richland County.

      Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Dorothea Pringle, and Mrs. Willima (Berneta) Weiler, both of Clay City; Mrs. Alfred (Wilma) Luybarger, Noble; Mrs. Frank (Lorene) Mayden, Belleville; a step-daughter, Mrs. Dean Dugan, Texas; a step-son, Joe Smith, Olney; a sister, Mrs. Nora Martin, Bakersfield, Ca.; 25 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

      He was preceded in death by his parents, two wives, two daughters, two sisters and two brothers.

  • Sources 
    1. [S11294] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Lutz, Grace E., Elza L., and Grace L., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18661433), none. (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S3270] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, District 13-18, image 03, page 2a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00441?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S7578] Bob Lybarger, Military Service Members, (e-mail to Carl W. Gray, "Military Service Members", 01 Mar 2017, 7:44 am), none. (Reliability: 2).

    4. [S6264] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Weiler, Berneta, 90, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195209989/berneta-emma-weiler), none. (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S1489] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, District 13-18, image 04, page 2b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00441?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S15561] Kistler-Patterson Funeral Homes, Obituary, Pringle, Dorothea L., 99, (https://www.kistler-patterson.com/obituaries/Dorothea-L.-Pringle?obId=26511023&fbclid=IwAR3a7kF23WhgClbOMg2GxidgqazQYC0Q), none. (Reliability: 2).


 

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