s/o Jacob Cornelius and Anna Margaret Duerr Gantz. He was born Jan 24, 1893 on the Gantz homestead farm in Clay District of Wood County, WV that his grandfather, William George Gantz, had established in 1852. He completed an 8th grade education at Windy Road School near his home. He married Eunice Minerva Ward on Sep 27, 1914 at Red Hill, Wood County, WV. They had nine children, four of whom died in infancy or early childhood. He operated a dairy farm and was very active in the Red Hill Evangelical United Brethren Church. In 1946, his barn was struck by lighting and burned to the ground. Financially unable to rebuild the barn to support his dairy herd, he sold the homestead farm in 1947 and to moved to Macksburg Ridge near Lowell, Ohio and reestablished his dairy farm. He continued farming until his health failed due to cancer of the stomach. In 1954, he sold the Ohio farm and moved to Ogdin Road near Waverly, WV to be near family and where he died in August 1955. Clarence was a staunch Republican and true farmer who loved the land. He was a faithful Christian until the end.

Obituary: Marietta Times, Marietta, OH, Sunday, 7 Aug 1955,
Clarence M Gantz, 62, formerly of Macksburg Ridge, died Thursday, Aug 4, 1955 at his home in Waverly, WV. He was born Jan 24, 1893 at Red Hill in Wood County, WV, the son of Cornelius and Anna (Duerr) Gantz. He was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs Eunice Gantz; one son, Cornelius Gantz of Baltimore, MD; four daughters, Mrs Burnie Edman and Mrs Elton Edman, both of Parkersburg, WV, and Mrs Carl Bunner and Mrs Arley Earl, both of Waverly, WV; one sister, Mrs Vernie Richardson of Vincent, OH; and 24 grandchildren.
A short service was conducted at 8 pm Saturday from the Doudna & McClure Funeral Home in Marietta with the Rev E W Seymour officiating. The body was removed to the Red Hill EUB Church for services at 2 pm Sunday, Aug 7th with the Rev C E Ruble officiating. Burial will follow in the Red Hill Church Cemetery.