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 1915 - 2006

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• Birth	5 Sep 1915	Panna Maria, Karnes Co., Texas   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	62+65+
  Residence	Ruckman Community near Helena, Karnes Co., Texas   [3]
  Social Security Number	Texas   [4]
  	466-58-2825
  Died	28 Oct 2006	Otto Kaiser Memroial Hospital, Kenedy, Karnes Co., Texas   [1, 4, 5]
  Buried	2 Nov 2006	Immaculate Conception Church, Panna Maria, Karnes Co., Texas   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I8542	Wendel Voigt's Family Tree
  Last Modified	24 May 2008
  Father	John Opiela,   d. DECEASED
  Mother	Katherine Urbanczyk,   d. DECEASED
  Family ID	F3213	Group Sheet
  Family	Joseph "Joe" Peter Kortz,   b. 17 Mar 1912,   d. 3 May 1973, , Karnes Co., Texas   [1, 3]
  Married	18 Jan 1937	,Panna Maria , Karnes Co., Texas   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Tom Kortz   2. Ben Kortz,   b. 23 Nov 1940, Helena, Karnes Co., Texas ,   d. 27 Jun 2005, Bluebonnet Manor Nursing Home, Karnes City, Karnes Co., Texas   3. Alvin Joe Kortz   4. Patricia Ann Kortz   5. Joyce Ellen Kortz   6. Jerry James Kortz
  Family ID	F3206	Group Sheet

• Event Map		Event Birth - 5 Sep 1915 - Panna Maria, Karnes Co., Texas Residence - - Ruckman Community near Helena, Karnes Co., Texas Social Security Number - 466-58-2825 - - Texas Married - 18 Jan 1937 - ,Panna Maria , Karnes Co., Texas Buried - 2 Nov 2006 - Immaculate Conception Church, Panna Maria, Karnes Co., Texas  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	= Address   = Location   = City/Town   = County/Shire   = State/Province   = Country   = Not Set




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  [S825] E-mail from Joanne Semper to Wendel Voigt, Semper, Joanne, (E-mail: jsemper [ a t ] sbcglobal [ d o t ] net), [Warwas pp. 91-92], 13 Nov 2006. [S827] Obituary of Ben Kortz, (THE COUNTYWIDE, Karnes City, Texas, 06 Jul 2005, ), [Warwas p. 94], 6 Jul 2005. [S826] Obituary of Mary Kortz, (THE COUNTYWIDE, Karnes City, Texas, 01 Nov 2006, ), [Warwas p. 93], 1 Nov 2006. [S64] Social Security Death Records Index on RootsWeb, U.S. Social Security Administration, (RootsWeb.com Inc., http://ssdi.rootsweb.com), SSN 466-58-2825 [Warwas p. 98]. Mary Kortz, birth 05 Sep 1915, death 28 Oct 2006, last residence Karnes City, Karnes Co., Texas 78118, number issued in Texas. [S826] Obituary of Mary Kortz, (THE COUNTYWIDE, Karnes City, Texas, 01 Nov 2006, ), [Warwas p. 93], 1 Nov 2006. Mary Kortz, of Helena, passed away Saturday, October 28, 2006 at Otto Kaiser Memorial Hospital. She was 91 years, 1 month and 23 days. Mary was born September 5, 1915 in Panna Maria. She married Joe P. Kortz on January 18, 1937 in Panna Maria. She was a housewife and a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and a member of the Rosary Circle. She lived all her life in the Ruckman Community near Helena, Texas. Mary is survived by her sons, Alvin (Kathy) Kortz of Seguin, Jerry Kortz of Helena and Tom (Nettie Nixon) Kortz of Yorktown; daughters, Patricia (Larry) Boerm of Pettus and Joyce (Frank) Escobedo of Karnes City; 16 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; 6 step-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her husband, Joe P. Kortz; father, John Opiela; mother, Katherine Urbanczyk Opiela; son, Ben Kortz; sister, Rosie Opiela Bennet; and brothers, Clem Opiela, Domin Opiela, Felux Opiela, Henry Opiela and Theodore Opiela. A rosary will be recited Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. in Rhodes Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 2, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panna Maria with Rev. Wojciech Reisch officiating. Burial followed at the Panna Maria Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Chris Albert, Jeffrey Baggett, Allen Kortz, Brian Kortz, Michael Kortz and James Stevens.