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Harry F. Wertz , 7S 43W
Lincoln Nebraska, January 9, 1930 Emeline B. Brandt, 87, widow of Michial Brandt and a resident of Lincoln since 1887, died at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at her home, 1106 North Twenty-seventh street. She had lived at that address continuously for forty-one years. She was born in Bladenburg. O. May 2, 1842 and later moved to Fairfield, Iowa. Leaving Fairfield in 1887 she moved to Lincoln. She is survived by three sons, William Baltzell and Alonzo Baltzell, both of Lincoln and Edmund Baltzell of Portland. Ore.; three daughters, Mrs. H. S. Wertz, of Long Beach, Calif., Mrs. Ira Baldwin of Chicago and Mrs. George Palmer of Lincoln. The body is at Alba Brown’s pending funeral arrangements. January 20, 1930 ......verted and at the age of seventeen united with the Cumberland Presbyterian churchh. She was married to Atkison C. Baltzell, July 11, 1860 near Gambler, O. After living in Ohio for about three years they moved to Fairfield, Iowa. Here most of their family was born and reared. They lived at Fairfield for twenty-three years. In October 1887 they moved with their family to Lincoln. She first united with Grace Methodist church. A few years later she helped in organizing a church class which grew in number and is now known as Epworth Methodist church. Some time after this she, with eight or formed the first Free bout thirty years relinquishing her church duties only because of fatllng health. Her husband, Atkison C. Baltzell, passed away June 6, 1914. She was married to Michael Lo Brandt June 4, 1918 who passed away May 21, 1929. Mrs. Brandt leaves to mourn her loss, three daughters, Mrs Fannie Wertz, of Long Beach. Calif.. Mrs. Ina Baldwin of Chicago and Mrs. Myrtle Palmer of Lincoln: three sons. William and Alonzo Baltzell of Lincoln and Edmund Baltzell of Portland. Ore. She also leaves ten grand sons, three granddaughters and eleven great grandchildren. She was a wonderful wife and mother, most generous and self- sacrificing, and her sincere Christian influence will live forever in the hearts of her loved ones and many friends. I Funeral services were held at the I Free Methodist church Sun»!ay ¡January 12 at 230 o’clock. Rev. I William McElfresh. Rev. W. Wol------------------------------------------- cott of the Free Methodist church ^ Sand Rev. J. J. Sheaff of Epworth OAK PARK, III., Jan. 20—Methodist church all spoke in beau Micheal Brandt 1838-1929 is buried in Lincoln # 69013557 "Pvt., Co. E, 3rd PA Heavy Artillery" |
Lincoln Nebraska October 16, 1910 The death of Minna Baltzell Ross occurred at Portland, Ore., last Thursday night. She was born at Fairfield, Iowa August 20, 1877, and had lived the greater part of her life in Lincoln, having been educated here, and graduating from the Lincoln high school with the class of '98. She spent several years afterwards in Chicago, until last December, when her health began to fall and she went west, hoping to recuperate and regain her health. The last two months her sister, Mrs. Fannie Wertz, has been with her in Portland, trying to do all she could to alleviate her in her suffering. The body will be sent to Lincoln for interment at Wyuka cemetery. She leaves a mother, Mrs. E. Baltzell; three sisters; Mrs. Fannie Wertz and Mrs. Myrtle Palmer of this city, and Mrs. Ina Baldwin of Chicago; also three brothers, William A. Baltzell and Alonzo Baltzell of Lincoln, and Edwin Baltzell of Ashton, Iowa. The remains will probably reach Lincoln Monday evening and funeral arrangements will be announced later. |
Lincoln, Nebraska October 17, 1916 The sixth annual reunion of the Wertz family assoeiation, the ancestors of which date back to the year 1705 in America and 200 years further In Europe will be held in Lincoln Thursday, Friday. Saturday and Surday of this week The convention will bring from 200 to 300 members of the family from all over the United States. There are over 1,000 active members in the association. W. W. Wertz, of Lincoln, is chairman of the board of directors of the organization, and Henry Kauffman of Fairfield, Nebraska is a member of the board. Estelle Ryan Snyder, of Chicago, is president. The family genealogical tree, in the possession of W W. Werts, contains 10,000 names and 9,000 dates. There are about a dozen members of the family in Lincoln, of which the following are acting as the entertainment committee for the convention: W. W. Wertz, Mrs. Annie S. Wertz, Mrs Fannie N. Wertz, Mrs. Isabel Wertz, Mrs Maude S. Walker, Mrs. Lulu Robinson, W. O. Timmerman, Edwin E. Hammond, J. W. Wertz and B. F. Wertz. Mayor Bryan will address the convention at the Lincoln hotel Thursday evening and Governor Morehead Friday morning. The Wertz Auto company will be host at an automobile tour Friday afternoon, and a musicale and entertainment will be given in the evening by John T. Prince and Miss Vera Upton. There will be an Orpheum theatre party Saturday afternoon and a banquet in the evening. The visitors will attend the Plymouth Congregational church in a body Sunday. |
Jesse Batty Crew, Sr., 1872-1943 is buried in Tahlequah, # 51531755. Former Tahlequah mayor and business man Robert Reynolds Crew, 82, died Monday April 22, at St. John's Medical Center in Tulsa. Funeral services were held at the First Presbyterian Chruch with Rev. Jimmie Thames officiating. Burial was in the Tahlequah City Cem. under the direction of Reed Culver Funeral Home. Crew was born Oct 15, 1902 to Jesse and Hattie Reynolds Crew in Tahlequah, Indian Territory. He attended Old Baptist Mission and Sequoyah Grade School and graduated from Shattuck Military School in Fairbolt, Minn. He then attended the University of Okla. receiving his degree in pharmacy. Whiel attending OU, he met and married Maynee L. McNabb who died in 1981. Upon graduation he worked in his family drug stores in Broken Arrow and Muskogee from 1923-1929, before returning to Tahlequah. As a young boy, he worked as a "Soda jerk" in his fathers drug store. Crew Bros. Drug which was the first drug store in the state to install a carbonic soda fountain. He and his brother, the late Jesse B. Crew Jr. bought the business from their father in 1938 and continued together in apartnership until Jesse was killed in an automobile accident in 1947. Crew, who had spent 36 years in the drug business, sold the drug store in 1959 because of health reasons. |
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