Mrs. May L. Balz, 91, formerly of 4212 Lakeview Ave., Manitowoc, died Sunday in
Family Heritage Nursing Home, Manitowoc.
Graveside funeral services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
The Rev. Keith Burnett will officiate. Friends will meet at the cemetery entrance
and be escorted to the graveside.
Mrs. Balz, nee May Lyons, was born May 26, 1886 in Lexington, Mo., daughter of the
late David H. and Susan Smith Lyons. She was married to Leonard Balz in Lexington.
The couple moved to St. Louis. Mr. Balz was employed by Barr Branch Library for
50 years. She retired in 1956 as head librarian.
Survivors include her husband; a nephew, Charles Randolph of Rochester, N.Y.; a
niece, Mrs. Marion Ferguson of Dundee, N.Y.; seven grandnieces and grandnephews
and seven great grandnieces and grandnephews.
Jens Funeral Home, Manitowoc, will be in charge of funeral arrangements.
There will be no visitation at the funeral home Monday. The casket will remain
closed.
Herald Times Reporter, August 1, 1977 P. 3
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[wife of Leonard Balz]
Mrs. May L. Balz, 91, formerly of 4212 Lakeview Ave., Manitowoc, died Sunday in
Family Heritage Nursing Home, Manitowoc.
Graveside funeral services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
The Rev. Keith Burnett will officiate. Friends will meet at the cemetery entrance
and be escorted to the graveside.
Mrs. Balz, nee May Lyons, was born May 26, 1886 in Lexington, Mo., daughter of the
late David H. and Susan Smith Lyons. She was married to Leonard Balz in Lexington.
The couple moved to St. Louis. Mr. Balz was employed by Barr Branch Library for
50 years. She retired in 1956 as head librarian.
Survivors include her husband; a nephew, Charles Randolph of Rochester, N.Y.; a
niece, Mrs. Marion Ferguson of Dundee, N.Y.; seven grandnieces and grandnephews
and seven great grandnieces and grandnephews.
Jens Funeral Home, Manitowoc, will be in charge of funeral arrangements.
There will be no visitation at the funeral home Monday. The casket will remain
closed.
Herald Times Reporter, August 1, 1977 P. 3
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[wife of Leonard Balz]
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