Individual Details

Lillian Mae "Lillie" MURTON

(1872 - 21 APR 1925)


Sturgis Journal April 22, 1925 "DEATH CLAIMS MRS. KRONTZ - Mother of Nine Falls Victim to Cancer - Cancer with which she had been seriously ill for two months, caused the death today of Mrs. Lilly Mae Krontz, 51, of Sturgis. She had been a resident of this vicinity for 22 years. Her former home was in Burr Oak. Funeral services will be held at the Fogelsong Funeral Home Thursday afternoon at 2:30 and burial will take place at Oaklawn Cemetery. The husband, nine children, an aged mother, six sisters, and several grandchildren survive. The children are: Aaron Krontz, Mrs. Belle Gay, Orrin [Orin] Krontz, Mrs. Louisa Fager, Mrs. Gladys Harker, William Krontz, Rosetta Krontz, James Krontz, all of Sturgis. Mrs. Annie Oldenberg, Mrs. Nellie Shears, both of Sturgis, Mrs. Ettie Peters, Mrs. Ellie Lampman, Mrs. Jessie Trager [Trieger], Mrs. Alvina Witt, all of Grand Rapids are the surviving sisters."

Events

Birth1872Grant, Newaygo Co., MI
Marriage1887Grant, Newaygo Co., MI - James Bernard KRONTZ
Death21 APR 1925from cancer - Sturgis, St. Joseph Co., MI
Burial23 APR 1925Oak Lawn Cem., St. Joseph Co., MI
Religiona member of the First Methodist Church

Families

SpouseJames Bernard KRONTZ (1862 - 1935)
ChildAaron Wallace KRONTZ Sr. (1890 - 1969)
ChildAnna Belle KRONTZ (1892 - 1985)
ChildOrin Arthur KRONTZ (1894 - 1970)
ChildGladys Laverne KRONTZ (1902 - 1970)
ChildAlice Lorena "Ally/Ellie" KRONTZ (1902 - 1984)
ChildWilliam Eugene "Pete" KRONTZ (1904 - 1978)
ChildLouesa/Louise "Flossie" KRONTZ (1905 - 1931)
ChildRosetta E. KRONTZ (1907 - 1998)
ChildJames Dale KRONTZ (1910 - 1986)
FatherWilliam O. MURTON (1838 - 1912)
MotherEmily Addala WARD (1849 - 1932)
SiblingElla MURTON (1869 - 1956)
SiblingNellie MURTON ( - )
SiblingEtta MURTON ( - )
SiblingLavina MURTON ( - )
SiblingJessie MURTON ( - )