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OBW January 1913 XXXII
13 2 3 Passed Away
There is no death; what seems so is transition.
This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburg of the life elysian,
Whose portal we call death.
— Longfellow
Mr. Alburta Lantz
Born in Shelbyville, March 22, 1870, and spent his life
here. Died Dec. 31, 1912. Mr. Lantz was married to Miss
Camilla Seymour, of Hillsboro,
Ill., Oct. 14, 1896. The decased early in life enetered the
undertaking and hardware firm of Lantz Bros., of which his father, the
late William Lantz, was a senior member. In that firm he took up the
work of funeral director and embalmer in which he became very
proficient and widely known in this part of Illinois. He held various
offices in the Illinois Funeral Directors Association.
Besides his wife, Mr. Lantz is survived by his aged
mother, Mrs. Rachel Lantz, and four sisters. The sisters are: Mrs. O.
J. McGurty and Mrs. Bert Cramer of Paris, Mrs. O. L. Lewis and Miss
Oather Lantz of this city.
“Burt” Lantz, as he was familiarly known, was a lovable
man, with popular qualities, though modest and unassuming. The
auditorium of the First Methodist Church,
the largest in this city of twelve houses of worship, was crowded to
overflow at the funeral. The service was in charge of the pastor, Rev.
A. S. Chapman assisted by Rev. John R. Tracy (Presbyterian); Rev. J. S.
McColley (Church of the Disciples), and J. L. Douth (Unitarian).
