Chester Floyd Gantz ^{1 2 3}

  Birth Notes:

"A son was born Tuesday to Chester Gantz and wife."
The Argos Reflector, May 2, 1912, page 5:
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Chester Gantz and wife, of Argos, have a new son at their home tipping the scales at 7-1/2 pounds. Mr. Gantz has sold his transfer line and is now in the Alleman store.
Bourbon News Mirror, May 2, 1912, page 1:
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  Death Notes:

Name: Chester Gantz
Given Name: Chester
Surname: Gantz
Event Type: Death
Event Date: Apr 1978
Event Place: Allen, Indiana
Event Place (Original): Allen, Indiana
Age: 66
Birth Date: 28 Apr 1912

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1ZK-S27 : 4 December 2020), Chester Gantz, Apr 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Noted events in his life were:

• His obituary was published in the Plymouth Pilot on 1 May 1978 in Plymouth, IN.

Chester Floyd Gantz, 76, an Argos native and 1930 Plymouth High School graduate, died Thursday at Torhenburg, Germany, where he and his wife were with a tour group.

Mr. Gantz was born April 28, 1912 at Argos to Chester and Etta Gantz. He was married to Frances Adams at Fort Wayne, where he moved in 1931. He was an employee of International Harvester until his retirement in 1977.

Also surviving are three children: Kenneth of De Moines, Richard of Indianapolis, and Barbara of Fort Wayne.

Friends may call Simpson M. E. Church, Fort Wayne, from 2 till 4 PM, Tuesday. Memorial services will be conducted at 7:30 PM at the church. Cremation was scheduled to take place in Germany with the remains to be returned to Fort Wayne.

(Source: Plymouth Pilot (Plymouth, Indiana), 1 May 1978, page 12)
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• His obituary was published in the Plymouth Pilot on 3 May 1978 in Plymouth, IN.

Memorial services for Chester Floyd Gantz, 66, an Argos native and 1930 Plymouth High School graduate, were conducted at 7:30 PM, Tuesday at Simpson M. E. Church, Fort Wayne. Cremation was scheduled to take place in Germany with the remains to be returned to Fort Wayne.

Mr. Gantz died Thursday at Rothenburg, Germany, where he and his wife were with a tour group. He was born April 28, 1912 at Argos to Chester and Etta Gantz. He was married to Frances Adams at Fort Wayne, where he moved in 1931. He was an employee of International Harvester until his retirement in 1977.

Also surviving are three children: Kenneth of De Moines, Richard of Indianapolis, and Barbara of Fort Wayne.
Cremated In Germany

(Source: Plymouth Pilot, 3 May 1978, page 18)
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Chester married Frances Minerva Adams on 21 June 1941 in Fort Wayne, IN. (Frances Minerva Adams was born about 1914 and died after June 1941.)