Lutz, Elza Lee

1895 - 1985  (89 years)

• Name	Lutz, Elza Lee
  Birth	3 Jul 1895	Richland County, Illinois   [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
  		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,…
  		United States Army
  		Elza Lee Lutz (1895-1985) Contributed by Bob Lybarger
  		World War I (1914 - 1918)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  Death	24 Jun 1985	Lawrenceville, Lawrence County, Illinois   [1, 3, 4]
  Burial	Smith Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 3]
  		Headstone, Lutz, Grace E., Elza L., and Grace L. Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
  		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 d. 9 Jan 1949, Olney Sanitarium, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Zerkel, Emma E.,   b. 1860, Ohio d. 1940 (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F16055	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Moseley, Grace Ethel,   b. 27 Sep 1905, Richland County, Illinois d. 24 May 1980, Richland County, Illinois (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, 5]
  Children	1. Lutz, Evelyn N.,   b. Dec 1918   d. May 1928 (Age 9 years) + 2. Lutz, Ninetta,   b. 16 Dec 1920, Clay County, Illinois, USA d. 19 Jul 1957, Olney, Richland County, Illinoi (Age 36 years) + 3. Lutz, Dorothea L.,   b. 1 Aug 1923, Noble, Richland County, Illinois d. 1 Dec 2022, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 99 years) + 4. Lutz, Wilma Lou,   b. 18 May 1925, Clay County, Illinois d. 24 Apr 2013 (Age 87 years) + 5. Lutz, Berneta Emma,   b. 25 Mar 1928, Clay County, Illinois d. 7 Dec 2018, Carle Richland Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 90 years) + 6. Lutz, Grace Lorene 'Lulabell',   b. 17 Oct 1932, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 21 Dec 2021, Godfrey, Madison County, Illinois (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F10148	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Jul 1895 - Richland County, Illinois Death - 24 Jun 1985 - Lawrenceville, Lawrence County, Illinois Burial - - Smith Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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

  [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). [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). [S7578] Bob Lybarger, Military Service Members, (e-mail to Carl W. Gray, "Military Service Members", 01 Mar 2017, 7:44 am), none. (Reliability: 2). [S6264] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Weiler, Berneta, 90, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195209989/berneta-emma-weiler), none. (Reliability: 2). [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).