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Edna Gertrude Louisa <I>Meyer</I> Bentz

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Edna Gertrude Louisa Meyer Bentz

Birth
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Death
9 Dec 1999 (aged 81)
Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA
Burial
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot
Memorial Lawn Lot 79 Space 9 U
Memorial ID
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Edna M. Bentz was an avid genealogist. She was the author of "If I Can You Can Decipher Germanic Records" an internationally known book on reading German script.

Obituary - San Diego Union Tribune
Edna M. Bentz, 81, of San Diego. Born Omaha, NE. A graduate of Benson High. Employed by: Burns and Potter, Omaha; In 1940 Schloss-Sheffield Steel Co., Birmingham, AL; Reynolds Metal, Longview, WA, in 1942; Fort Crook, Omaha 1944. Married A.F. Lt. John Bentz, Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Omaha, Aug. 22, 1945. Lived in Detroit, Cleveland, Detroit, Cincinnati, Dublin, CA, Grand Blanc, MI, Pleasanton, CA. Retired to San Diego in 1979. Editor 8 years "German Connection" for The German Research Association. Wrote an internationally popular book on deciphering German records. After several surgeries and health problems, she succumbed to renal failure.
Edna M. Bentz was an avid genealogist. She was the author of "If I Can You Can Decipher Germanic Records" an internationally known book on reading German script.

Obituary - San Diego Union Tribune
Edna M. Bentz, 81, of San Diego. Born Omaha, NE. A graduate of Benson High. Employed by: Burns and Potter, Omaha; In 1940 Schloss-Sheffield Steel Co., Birmingham, AL; Reynolds Metal, Longview, WA, in 1942; Fort Crook, Omaha 1944. Married A.F. Lt. John Bentz, Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Omaha, Aug. 22, 1945. Lived in Detroit, Cleveland, Detroit, Cincinnati, Dublin, CA, Grand Blanc, MI, Pleasanton, CA. Retired to San Diego in 1979. Editor 8 years "German Connection" for The German Research Association. Wrote an internationally popular book on deciphering German records. After several surgeries and health problems, she succumbed to renal failure.


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  • Created by: Tamara Bentz Relative Child
  • Added: Jun 13, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6506807/edna_gertrude_louisa-bentz: accessed ), memorial page for Edna Gertrude Louisa Meyer Bentz (30 May 1918–9 Dec 1999), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6506807, citing Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by Tamara Bentz (contributor 45121007).