Mr. Wurtz died Saturday, Jan. 25, 1992, at his home.
He was born March 20, 1914, in Knob Noster, to Benjamin Franklin and Martha Irwin Wurtz. He lived in Fort Scott, Kan., and worked as a foreman for the coal mine in La Cygne, Kan., before moving to the Kansas City area 45 years ago. He was a laborer for the Cirese Investment Co. for 45 years, retiring in 1976.
Mr. Wurtz was a veteran of the U.S. Army and had served in the cavalry. He was a member of the Metro Vineyard Fellowship of Kansas City.
He married Gladys Simpson 52 years ago. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include a son, William Franklin Wurtz, and a daughter, Ada Greeley, both of Kansas City; nine brothers, Roy, Glade, Kan., Albert, Eudora, Kan., Rosco, Lakeland, Fla., Lester and Ollie, Nampa, Idaho, Ervin, Independence, Willie, Pleasanton, Kan., Bob, Winter Haven, Fla., and Virgil, Olathe, Kan.; seven sisters, Ethel Williams, Kansas City, Hazel Clendening and Thelma Marquardt, Fort Scott, Kan., Ruth Howery, Tipton, Ind., Florence Smith, Farlington, Kan., and Lillie Mae Jackson and Rosella Clemens, Pleasanton, Kan.; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Monday, January 27, 1992 ljworld
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Mr. Wurtz died Saturday, Jan. 25, 1992, at his home.
He was born March 20, 1914, in Knob Noster, to Benjamin Franklin and Martha Irwin Wurtz. He lived in Fort Scott, Kan., and worked as a foreman for the coal mine in La Cygne, Kan., before moving to the Kansas City area 45 years ago. He was a laborer for the Cirese Investment Co. for 45 years, retiring in 1976.
Mr. Wurtz was a veteran of the U.S. Army and had served in the cavalry. He was a member of the Metro Vineyard Fellowship of Kansas City.
He married Gladys Simpson 52 years ago. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include a son, William Franklin Wurtz, and a daughter, Ada Greeley, both of Kansas City; nine brothers, Roy, Glade, Kan., Albert, Eudora, Kan., Rosco, Lakeland, Fla., Lester and Ollie, Nampa, Idaho, Ervin, Independence, Willie, Pleasanton, Kan., Bob, Winter Haven, Fla., and Virgil, Olathe, Kan.; seven sisters, Ethel Williams, Kansas City, Hazel Clendening and Thelma Marquardt, Fort Scott, Kan., Ruth Howery, Tipton, Ind., Florence Smith, Farlington, Kan., and Lillie Mae Jackson and Rosella Clemens, Pleasanton, Kan.; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Monday, January 27, 1992 ljworld
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Family Members
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Melvin Roosevelt Wurtz
1900–1900
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Daisy Mae Wurtz
1902–1903
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Mabel M. Wurtz Howery
1904–1928
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Ethel Helen Wurtz Williams
1906–2000
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Hazel Wurtz Clendening
1907–2002
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Inez Wurtz Tiffany
1909–1987
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Alma Wurtz
1910–1911
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Ruth Wurtz Howery
1912–1999
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Roy Wurtz
1912–1997
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Florence Sallyann Wurtz Melendy
1914–2003
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Martha Wurtz
1915–1915
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Lee Roy Wurtz
1914–1990
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Ollie Franklin Wurtz
1918–1999
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Rosezella Frances "Jane" Wurtz Clemens
1921–2001
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Albert Benjamin Wurtz
1923–2019
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Irvin O Wurtz
1924–1999
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Willie Worthy Wurtz
1926–2016
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Lester Hester Wurtz
1929–2021
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Roscoe Ray Wurtz
1932–2018
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Thelma Opal Wurtz Thomas
1937–2021
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Virgil Wayne Wurtz
1939–2016
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