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Mary M. and LeRoy A. GATZ

Alva Cemetery


Mary Margaret Eggestein Gatz
© Enid News and Eagle
07-31-2008
Submitted by: Jo Aguirre

© Enid News and Eagle


Enid, OK — Funeral for Mary Margaret Gatz, 93, will be 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, 2008 at Marshall Funeral Home Chapel, Alva. The Rev. William S. Kalfas will officiate. Burial will be in Alva Municipal Cemetery.

She was born Sept. 26, 1914 on a farm southwest of Capron to Phillip Wendlin and Anna Eva Bauler Eggestein and died Monday, July 28, 2008 in Oklahoma City.

She attended Bellview District 21 countryschool and Sacred Heart Catholic School in Capron, graduating in 1928.

She married LeRoy Gatz Aug. 10, 1935. They built a home in Alva, where she lived until poor health became an issue in 2006. In 1978 they both retired from farming and ranching. He died Oct. 4, 1985.

Surviving are her children, Don Turlock of California, Alfreda Wirtz of Oklahoma City, and Fred Gatz of Yukon; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, LeRoy, she was preceded in death by three brothers.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to the charity of donor’s choice.

Condolences may be made online at www.marshallfuneralhomes.com.



Leroy A. Gatz
© Enid Morning News
12-1985
Submitted by: Glenn


January 24, 1914 - October 4, 1985

Alva – LeRoy A. Gatz, 71, died Friday, October 4, 1985 at an Alva hospital. Funeral services will be 2 PM Monday at the Wharton Funeral Chapel with Rev. Darrel Hardy officiating. Burial will follow at the Alva Municipal Cemetery.

He was born southwest of Alva on January 24, 1914 to Allie and Fred Gatz. He attended the Goshen rural grade school and farmed with his father.

On August 10, 1935 in Alva he was married to Mary Eggstein. They lived on a farm southwest of Alva where he farmed and helped with the construction of new homes and also work for the Santa Fe Railroad.

In 1963 they built their home in Alva. In 1979 he retired from farming.

He was a member of the Alva farmers co-op.

He is survived by his wife of the home; a daughter, Alfreda Wirtz, Oklahoma City; two sons, Don of Ceres, California, and Fred of Yukon; eight grandchildren; six great – grandchildren; two sisters, Clara Tiberghien, Alva and Rena Baxter, Wichita, Kansas, and a brother, Louis of Alva.

Contributions may be made in his memory to the American Cancer Society.

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