Obit: Gentz, Julius H. #2 (1895 - 1958) 

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Gentz, Parsch, Weldner, Doran, Carlson 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 07/10/1958 
 

Gentz, Julius H. (2 Jan. 1895 - 5 July 1958) 
 

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in St. James Lutheran church, at Shawano for Julius H. Gentz, 63, Abbotsford, who died Saturday afternoon of a heart attack while mowing his lawn. The Rev. Mr. Parsch officiated. Burial was made in the Shawano cemetery. 
 

Mr. Gentz was born Jan. 2, 1895 in Shawano. In April, 1917, he married Katherine Weldner of Bowler, who survives him.  
 

Prior to his marriage, he taught school. In 1945 he went to Shawano where he took up farming. In 1952, he came here, and was employed at the Streckert Manufacturing Company plant for the past six years. 
 

Besides his wife, survivors include two sons, Morton Gentz, Gillet; Dilton Gentz, Highland; Mrs. Robert (Leila) Doran, Shawano; nine grand children; one brother, Frank Gentz, Wabeno; and two sisters, Cecelia Gentz and Mrs. Wilbert (Murine) Carlson, both of Wabeno.  
 

One sister preceded him in death.