Obit: Lentz, Mrs. Jacob (? - 1933)

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Surnames: LENTZ

----Sources: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 6 Jul 1933

Lentz, Mrs. Jacob (? - 4 Jul 1933)

Funeral services are being conducted this afternoon for the late Mrs. Jacob Lentz, a resident of the town of Hixon (Clark Co., Wis.), whose death occurred early Tuesday morning, at her home five and one-half miles northeast of Withee. Her death occurred very suddenly, having suffered a heart attack.

Services were held from the home at 2 o’clock this afternoon. The Rev. W.P. Powell, pastor of the Congregational Church of Owen, officiating. Burial will take place in Riverside Cemetery. Besides her husband she leaves to mourn several children.

1930 Federal Census, Hixon, Clark, Wisconsin, enumeration district number: 0018, family number: 174, sheet number and letter: 9A, line # 41

Jacob Lentz, white, married, male
immigration year: 1913
father's birthplace: Poland
mother's birthplace: Poland

Household Members
head Jacob Lentz M 56 (1874 Poland)
son Sigmond Lentz M 22 (1909 Poland)
daughter-in-law Martha Lentz F 23 Poland
granddaughter Dorothy Lentz F 1 Wisconsin
granddaughter Adeline Lentz F 0 Wisconsin

*Sigmond Lentz married Martha Kielisch 7 Dec 1927 in Hixon Township, Clark Co., Wisconsin

1940 Federal Census, enumeration district number: 10-18, family number: 197, sheet number and letter: 10B, line # 60

Jacob Lentz, white, widowed, male
estimated birth year: 1875
residence in 1935: Same House

Household Members
head Jacob Lentz M 65 (1875 Poland)
son Sigmund Lentz M 32 (1909 Poland)
daughter-in-law Martha Lentz F 36 (1904 Germany)
granddaughter Dorothy Lentz F 11 Wisconsin
granddaughter Adeline Lentz F 10 Wisconsin
grandson Reinhardt Lentz M 8 Wisconsin
granddaughter Jenny Lentz F 7 Wisconsin

*Jacob committed suicide Feb., 1942

Social Security Death Index

Sigmund Lentz
birth date: 28 May 1909
social security number: 395-36-6465
place of issuance: Wisconsin
last residence: Cook, Illinois
zip code of last residence: 60650
death date: August 1972
estimated age at death: 63