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Russell William (closeup) LORTZ

Westlawn Memorial Park (Westlawn) Cemetery
Hutchinson County,
Texas

1914-1977

Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

Obituary
Russell William Lortz, 62, of 311 Baylor, died Friday at 6:45 p.m. at North Plains Hospital.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Lyman Paul Wood, pastor, officiating and the Rev. Craig Dohse, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, assisting.

Interment will follow in Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton Mortuary.

Mr. Lortz was born Aug. 2, 1914 in English County, Iowa. He was retired plant manager for Phillips Petroleum Co., at the Refinery and N.G.L. Process Center. He received his degree from the University of Iowa and has been employed with Phillips for 38 years in several different locations. He has been a Borger resident since 1971.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Chamber of Commerce, Texas Professional Engineers, and the Borger Rotary Club.

He married Bernice Chestnut Feb. 28, 1942 in Bartlesville, Okla.

Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Nancy Klahn of Bartlesville; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Lortz of North English, Iowa; one brother, Charles of Millersburg, Iowa; one sister, Mrs. Mildred Miller of North English, Iowa; and one granddaughter.

Pallbearers will be Orvid Collins, George McKenna, Pat Walsh, Dan Gillium, Bill Buford, Tom Montgomery, R.D. White, and Bill Wilkerson.

Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Borger Rotary Club.

(Published in Borger News-Herald, Sunday, June 5, 1977, Page 12)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Russell William Lortz
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 26
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 2 Aug 1914
Birth Place: Millersbury, Iowa, USA
Residence Place: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Kansas City, Oklahoma, USA
Employer: Phillips Petroleum
Weight: 175
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 6
Next of Kin: Erwin C Lortz
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Russell William Lortz Self (Head)
Erwin C Lortz Father

Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Russell Lortz
Death Date: 3 Jun 1977
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Russell William Lartz
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 62
Birth Date: 2 Aug 1914
Birth Place: English, Iowa
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 3 Jun 1977
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: Erwin Charles Lartz
Mother: Ada Mae Pope
Spouse: Bernice Lartz
Certificate Number: 44210

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Submitted: 3/2/21 • Approved: 3/2/21 • Last Updated: 3/5/21 • R393740-G0-S3

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