Individual Details
George Edward MENTZER
(9 Apr 1911 - 7 Oct 1986)
Events
| Birth | 9 Apr 1911 | Woodson, Kansas, United States |  | ||
| Residence | 1915 | Center Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Education | Bet 1916 and 1929 | at the Oakland School and Yates Center High School | | ||
| Residence | 1920 | as an 8 year old male born in Kansas who was listed as Edward Metzer - Center Township, Atchison, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Religion | Abt 1921 | baptized in the Yates Center Methodist Church - Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1925 | as a 14 year old male listed as Edward Mentzer - Center Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Occupation | Bet 1930 and 1940 | employed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad - Durand, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 4 Apr 1930 | an 18 year old male born Kansas and was listed as George E. Mentzer - Center Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1937 | Center Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1940 | Center Township, Woodson County, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Draft | 17 Oct 1940 | Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Military | Bet 1942 and 1945 |  | | ||
| Military | 10 Mar 1942 | | | ||
| Military | 10 Mar 1942 | in the US Army | | ||
| Occupation | From 1945 to 1975 | worked as a baggage man on the railroad express - Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Military | 23 Dec 1945 | | |||
| Marriage | 3 Nov 1946 | | |||
| Funeral-shared | 19 Jul 1952 | (Philip Embry MENTZER) United Brethren Evangelical Church, Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1953 | Fawn Creek Township, Montgomery, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1963 | 6630 Melrose Lane, Shawnee, Johnson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | From 1975 to 1986 | Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Funeral-shared | 28 Mar 1977 | (Herbert Wells MENTZER) Mattingly Funeral Home, Coffey, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Medical | Abt 1980 | | | ||
| Death | 7 Oct 1986 | Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States | | ||
| Funeral | 11 Oct 1986 | Campbell Funeral Home, Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Burial | 11 Oct 1986 | Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Death | 1987 | |
Families
| Father | Earnest Everett MENTZER (1880 - 1965) |
| Mother | Edith May DUMOND (1885 - 1961) |
| Sibling | Ernest Talmadge MENTZER (1912 - 2017) |
| Sibling | Fleta Francis MENTZER (1914 - 1974) |
| Sibling | Austin Maxwellton MENTZER (1915 - 1997) |
| Sibling | Willard Keith MENTZER (1917 - 2015) |
| Sibling | Merrill Burdette MENTZER (1919 - 2013) |
| Sibling | Norman Laddie MENTZER (1920 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Norryce Franklin MENTZER (1921 - 2012) |
| Sibling | Juanita Winnifred MENTZER (1923 - 2009) |
| Sibling | Lovell Jennings MENTZER (1926 - 1945) |
| Sibling | Donald Dumond MENTZER (1928 - 1988) |
Notes
Military
as Technician, Fifth Grade in the Army Engineers in the Pacific TheatreMilitary
by joining the U.S. Army and serving in the 770th Railway Operating BattalionMedical
became blindEndnotes
1. , Obituary Clipping (N.p.: saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles, n.d.).
2. , (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.006), Yates Center Cemetery, , .
3. , Births, page 76-77 (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.016) (), , .
4. marriage, 15 April 2004, , . , (Mentzer.KS.085).
5. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online May 2017), George E Mentzer, 715-03-4069, before 1951.
6. Social Security Administration, "Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database on-line, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901/ : viewed online May 2017), George Edward Mentzer.
7. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, "U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010," database, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed online May 2017), George Mentzer.
8. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online May 2018), memorial for George Edward Mentzer (1911-1986), Find a Grave Memorial no. #56924644, created by Judy Mayfield, citing Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Judy Mayfield, George Edward Mentzer.
9. "U.S., Railroad Retirement Pention INdex, 1934-1987," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 25 January 2020), G Mentzer.
10. 1905 Kansas Census, Neosho Falls, Woodson County, state census, Center Township, Page 206 (previous page numbered 19), household 5, George Mentzer; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online March 2016).
11. , Obituary Clipping (N.p.: saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles, n.d.).
12. 1920 U.S. Census, Woodson County, Kansas, population schedule, Center Township, Woodson County, Kansas, ED 154, sheet 1A, household 10, Ernest Mentzer; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online May 2017); NARA microfilm publication T625.
13. "Local News," Woodson County Journal (Yates Center, Kansas), 21 October 1920, page 1; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online 26 January 2020).
14. , Obituary Clipping (N.p.: saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles, n.d.).
15. 1925 Kansas census, Woodson County Kansas, State Census, Center Township, Woodson County, Kansas, page 5, household 37, E. E. Mentzer; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017).
16. , Obituary Clipping (N.p.: saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles, n.d.).
17. 1930 U.S. Census, Woodson County, Kansas, population Schedule, Center Township, Woodson County, Kansas, ED 2, sheet 1B, household 12, Earnest E Mentzer; digital iamge, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017); NARA T626.
18. Kansas, City and County Census Records, 1919-1961, Edward Mentzer, 1937; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online May 2018). Original Source: Kansas State Board of Agriculture.
19. 1940, Woodson County Kansas, population, Center Township, Woodson, Kansas, enumeration district (ED) ED 104-2, Sheet 3A, household 48, Earnest O Mentzer; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2017); National Archives adn Recods Administration, 1940.T627.
20. Kansas, WWII Draft Registration Cards for Kansas 10/16/1940-03/31/1947, Yates Center, Kansas, George Edward Mentzer, 17 October 1940; digitized images, Fold3 www.fold3.com . viewed online 24 January 2020.
21. , Obituary Clipping (N.p.: saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles, n.d.).
22. "Yates Center News", (Yates Center, Kansas), to (), "Two More Woodson County Soldiers Die in Service," The Yates Center News and the Woodson County Post, Thursday, May 3, 1945, page 1 column 6 (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.033); ,
23. , History of Woodson County Kansas (Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1987), "Mentzer, Ernest E." p. 197. Hereinafter cited as History of Woodson County Kansas.
24. , Obituary Clipping (N.p.: saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles, n.d.).
25. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, "U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010," database, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed online May 2017), George Mentzer.
26. , Obituary Clipping (N.p.: saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles, n.d.).
27. , Obituary Clipping (N.p.: saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles, n.d.).
28. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, "U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010," database, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed online May 2017), George Mentzer.
29. , History of Woodson County Kansas (Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1987), "Mentzer, Ernest E." p. 197. Hereinafter cited as History of Woodson County Kansas.
30. marriage, 15 April 2004, , . , (Mentzer.KS.085).
31. , Obituary Clipping (N.p.: saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles, n.d.).
32. Kansas, City and County Census Records, 1919-1961, Mentzer, G. E., 1953; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 25 January 2020). Original Source: Kansas State Board of Agriculture.
33. Polk's Mission (Johnson County, Kansas) City Directory 1963 (Kansas City, MO: R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers, 1963), p. 422, Mentzer G E; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2018).
34. , Obituary Clipping (N.p.: saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles, n.d.).
35. ""In Memoriam" Herbert W. Metnzer LeRoy business man dies Friday a.m.," undated clipping, from unidentified newspaper; Crawford Family Papers, (Charles Mentzer Notebook); privately held 2015 by Marcia Philbrick, , Seneca, KS.
36. "Herbert W. Mentzer," Iola Register (Iola, Kansas), 25 March 1977, page 2; Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online 23 December 2019).
37. , Obituary Clipping (N.p.: saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles, n.d.).
38. , Obituary Clipping (N.p.: saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles, n.d.).
39. , (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.006), Yates Center Cemetery, , .
40. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online May 2017), memorial for George Edward Mentzer (1911-1986), Find a Grave Memorial no. #56924644, created by Judy Mayfield, citing Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kanss; accompanying photograph by Judy Mayfield, George Edward Mentzer.
41. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online May 2017), George E Mentzer, 715-03-4069, before 1951.
42. Social Security Administration, "Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database on-line, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901/ : viewed online May 2017), George Edward Mentzer.
43. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, "U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010," database, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed online May 2017), George Mentzer.
44. "Nevada, Death Index, 1980-2012," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online May 2017), George Edward Mentzer.
45. "U.S., Railroad Retirement Pention INdex, 1934-1987," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 25 January 2020), G Mentzer.
46. , Obituary Clipping (N.p.: saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles, n.d.).
47. , (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.006), Yates Center Cemetery, , .
48. , Obituary Clipping (N.p.: saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles, n.d.).
49. "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries 1980-2014," database, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : viewed online May 2017), George Edward Mentzer.
50. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online May 2018), memorial for George Edward Mentzer (1911-1986), Find a Grave Memorial no. #56924644, created by Judy Mayfield, citing Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Judy Mayfield, George Edward Mentzer.
51. "Donald D. Mentzer," Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, Nevada), 19 February 1988, page 28; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online 26 January 2020).