Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameGrant K Mertz 
Birth27 November 1912
Memo(obit)
Death18 January 2000
Memo(obit)
FatherWilliam Rex Mertz (~1888-)
MotherEva F (~1892-)
Spouses
Birth30 April 1914, Mt Carmel, PA
Death10 September 2006
BurialIndiantown Gap Nat’l Cemetery, Annville, PA
FatherJoy Victor Teisher
MotherElizabeth Ann Powell
Research notes for Grant K Mertz
Grant K. Mertz: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Patriot-News, The (Harrisburg, PA) - Thursday, January 20, 2000
Deceased Name:
Grant K. Mertz, 87, of Upper Allen Twp., formerly of Sunbury, died Tuesday in Holy Spirit Hospital .
He retired from the state Department of Public Welfare; was a member of the American Legion and its band, Troop E 103rd Calvary Band & Medic and a lifetime member of Rescue Hose Company 1, all of Sunbury. He was an Army and National Guard veteran and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Surviving are his wife Mabel Teisher Mertz; three daughters, Nancy Wynn of Northumberland, Jane Boyer of Mechanicsburg and Beverly Hessler of New Cumberland; a brother, James F. of Palmyra; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
Grant K. Mertz: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Sentinel, The (Carlisle, PA) - Thursday, January 20, 2000
Deceased Name: Grant K. Mertz, 87, of Upper Allen Township and formerly of Sunbury, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2000 at Holy Spirit Hospital, East Pennsboro Township.
Born Nov. 27, 1912, in Sunbury, he was the son of the late William Rex and Eva F. Kerlin Mertz.
Mr. Mertz was retired from the state Department of Public Welfare. He was a member in Sunbury of the American Legion, American Legion Band, Troop E 103rd Cavalry Band and Medic. He was a lifetime member of Rescue Hose Co. 1 of Sunbury. He was a veteran of the U.S. National Guard, an Army veteran and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Mr. Mertz was preceded in death by two brothers, Glenn and Ralph Mertz, and two sisters, Eileen Grego and Jane Jackson.
Patriot-News, The (Harrisburg, PA) - Thursday, January 20, 2000
Deceased Name:
Grant K. Mertz, 87, of Upper Allen Twp., formerly of Sunbury, died Tuesday in Holy Spirit Hospital .
He retired from the state Department of Public Welfare; was a member of the American Legion and its band, Troop E 103rd Calvary Band & Medic and a lifetime member of Rescue Hose Company 1, all of Sunbury. He was an Army and National Guard veteran and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Surviving are his wife Mabel Teisher Mertz; three daughters, Nancy Wynn of Northumberland, Jane Boyer of Mechanicsburg and Beverly Hessler of New Cumberland; a brother, James F. of Palmyra; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
Grant K. Mertz: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Sentinel, The (Carlisle, PA) - Thursday, January 20, 2000
Deceased Name: Grant K. Mertz, 87, of Upper Allen Township and formerly of Sunbury, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2000 at Holy Spirit Hospital, East Pennsboro Township.
Born Nov. 27, 1912, in Sunbury, he was the son of the late William Rex and Eva F. Kerlin Mertz.
Mr. Mertz was retired from the state Department of Public Welfare. He was a member in Sunbury of the American Legion, American Legion Band, Troop E 103rd Cavalry Band and Medic. He was a lifetime member of Rescue Hose Co. 1 of Sunbury. He was a veteran of the U.S. National Guard, an Army veteran and a Navy veteran of World War II.
Mr. Mertz was preceded in death by two brothers, Glenn and Ralph Mertz, and two sisters, Eileen Grego and Jane Jackson.
My Comments notes for Grant K Mertz
The obituary of his wife and the 1920 and 1930 Censuses are the primary sources for the names and birth years of Grant and his siblings, for her maiden name and parent's names and to attach the whole family to Willaim R (in 1920) and Rex W (in 1930).
My Comments notes for Mabel E (Spouse 1)
Her Sunbury Daily Item obituary is the source for all of her information.