Mrs. Blanche Finger Lentz died Saturday afternoon in the United Daughters of the Confederacy Home in Fayetteville. She was the wife of the later John Albert Lentz.
She was born in Catawba County on Dec. 20, 1880 to the late James Monroe Finger and Clarissa Ann Mills Finger. Mrs. Lentz was educated in the county schools and later attended Claremont College. In October 1901, she entered the Phoenixville Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa., to study nursing. She received a diploma after two and half years of study. She did private nursing in Hickory, West Virginia, California and Alaska.
In 1917, she married John A. Lentz and they had two children, Blanche Lentz Courtney, who preceded her in death and John A. Lentz Jr. of Rt. 1, Hickory.
Mrs. Lentz was an Episcopalian and an active member of Church of Ascension until she moved to Florida a few years ago. For the last four years, she had been a resident of the UDC Home in Fayetteville.
Besides her son, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Hunter of Charlotte and Mrs. Imogene Stroh of Washington, D.C., seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were conducted at 11 a.m. today by the Rev. John Moulton of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Fayetteville.
The body has been donated to Duke University for medical research.
(Hickory Daily Record - Hickory, North Carolina - Monday, December 09, 1974 - Page 16)
She was born in Catawba County on Dec. 20, 1880 to the late James Monroe Finger and Clarissa Ann Mills Finger. Mrs. Lentz was educated in the county schools and later attended Claremont College. In October 1901, she entered the Phoenixville Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa., to study nursing. She received a diploma after two and half years of study. She did private nursing in Hickory, West Virginia, California and Alaska.
In 1917, she married John A. Lentz and they had two children, Blanche Lentz Courtney, who preceded her in death and John A. Lentz Jr. of Rt. 1, Hickory.
Mrs. Lentz was an Episcopalian and an active member of Church of Ascension until she moved to Florida a few years ago. For the last four years, she had been a resident of the UDC Home in Fayetteville.
Besides her son, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Hunter of Charlotte and Mrs. Imogene Stroh of Washington, D.C., seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were conducted at 11 a.m. today by the Rev. John Moulton of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Fayetteville.
The body has been donated to Duke University for medical research.
(Hickory Daily Record - Hickory, North Carolina - Monday, December 09, 1974 - Page 16)
Mrs. Blanche Finger Lentz died Saturday afternoon in the United Daughters of the Confederacy Home in Fayetteville. She was the wife of the later John Albert Lentz.
She was born in Catawba County on Dec. 20, 1880 to the late James Monroe Finger and Clarissa Ann Mills Finger. Mrs. Lentz was educated in the county schools and later attended Claremont College. In October 1901, she entered the Phoenixville Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa., to study nursing. She received a diploma after two and half years of study. She did private nursing in Hickory, West Virginia, California and Alaska.
In 1917, she married John A. Lentz and they had two children, Blanche Lentz Courtney, who preceded her in death and John A. Lentz Jr. of Rt. 1, Hickory.
Mrs. Lentz was an Episcopalian and an active member of Church of Ascension until she moved to Florida a few years ago. For the last four years, she had been a resident of the UDC Home in Fayetteville.
Besides her son, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Hunter of Charlotte and Mrs. Imogene Stroh of Washington, D.C., seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were conducted at 11 a.m. today by the Rev. John Moulton of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Fayetteville.
The body has been donated to Duke University for medical research.
(Hickory Daily Record - Hickory, North Carolina - Monday, December 09, 1974 - Page 16)
She was born in Catawba County on Dec. 20, 1880 to the late James Monroe Finger and Clarissa Ann Mills Finger. Mrs. Lentz was educated in the county schools and later attended Claremont College. In October 1901, she entered the Phoenixville Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa., to study nursing. She received a diploma after two and half years of study. She did private nursing in Hickory, West Virginia, California and Alaska.
In 1917, she married John A. Lentz and they had two children, Blanche Lentz Courtney, who preceded her in death and John A. Lentz Jr. of Rt. 1, Hickory.
Mrs. Lentz was an Episcopalian and an active member of Church of Ascension until she moved to Florida a few years ago. For the last four years, she had been a resident of the UDC Home in Fayetteville.
Besides her son, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Hunter of Charlotte and Mrs. Imogene Stroh of Washington, D.C., seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were conducted at 11 a.m. today by the Rev. John Moulton of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Fayetteville.
The body has been donated to Duke University for medical research.
(Hickory Daily Record - Hickory, North Carolina - Monday, December 09, 1974 - Page 16)
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LIES THE CREMAINS OF
MAUD BLANCHE FINGER
WIFE OF JOHN ALBERT LENTZ
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