William Edward Walz and Gertrude Kline

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Husband William Edward Walz ¹

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           Born: 20 Oct 1885 - Clapp Farm, near Oil City, Venango Co, PA 1
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         Father: Louis Walz (1846-1931) 1 2
         Mother: Frederika Teege (1849-1926) 3

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       Marriage: 9 Oct 1907 1

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   Other Spouse: Ethel Friedhaber (      -      ) 4 - 10 Jun 1936 4

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Wife Gertrude Kline ¹

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           Born:  - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 3 Sep 1935 - Los Angeles, CA 4
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         Father: George W. Kline (      -      )
         Mother: Agnes Arminta "Minta" Weaver (1861-      )

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Children

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1 F Agnes Walz ⁴

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         Spouse: Alan Burchard Coppens (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - William Edward Walz

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He attended public schools in Oil City, Pennsylvania, Dr. Earp's private school, and Rensselaer Poly­technic Institute, in Troy, New York. He then became associated with the Penn Refining Company, first as shipping clerk and later as credit manager of its sub­sidiary, the Penn Oil & Supply Company. When that or­ganization was sold to the Sinclair Oil Company, Mr. Walz went into the automobile business in association with Frank Malrich and Ange Garvey under the name of the General Motor Sales Company. Mr. Walz was elected secretary and treasurer of the company, and so served for three years until he sold his interest in the firm. He then became associated with the United Natural Gas Company. After two years in that connection, he went to Los Angeles, California, as secretary and treasurer of the A. B. Strode Company, real estate firm, so continuing from 1919 to 1935.
In October, 1935, he returned to Oil City, retired from business, and proceeded to devote his attention to those matters that were of special interest to him. A Republican in politics, he belonged to the Wanango Country Club, the Oil City Boat Club and the Gridiron Club, and was president of the Kiwanis Club of Oil City and a member of the local Young Men's Christian Association. He served also on the advisory board of the Salvation Army, held the thirty-second degree in the Free and Accepted Masons, and was affiliated with Good Hope Lutheran Church.

1 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 167.

2 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 914.

3 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 917.

4 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 168.