People named Leon Werntz

Leon Erwin Werntz Jr's father was Leon Erwin Werntz (1898 - 1971) and his mother was Catherine Electa Rice (1895 - 1984). He had siblings Anna Marie and a brother, Frank. When Leon was a year old, he was living in Fort Smith, where he was born, on North 22nd Street. His sister, Anna, was 7. Dad was an insurance adjuster. Ten years later, the family was still in Fort Smith on 22nd Street and brother Frank, 2 years younger than Leon, had been added to the household. Dad was still an insurance adjuster and Leon was in the 6th grade. Leon was 6 feet tall, weighed 145 pounds, had blue eyes, brown hair, and a light complexion when he was 18. He also had an oblong birthmark on his left thigh. Leon married Beverly C. Gundersen (1929 - 2022) in 1950. She recently died so there is no inscription on the headstone for her yet (see Leon Werntz photo) Inscription on their headstone says: Since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 1 Thessalonians 4:14

Leon Werntz of Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas was born on August 23, 1898, and died at age 72 years old in March 1971.