Stretz, Leon John

1891 - 1945  (54 years)

• Name	Stretz, Leon John
  Birth	22 Apr 1891	Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate Birth	23 Apr 1891	Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA   [3]
  Baptism	3 May 1891	Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Death	26 Oct 1945	New York, New York, New York, USA
  Person ID	I6553	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Stretz, George S,   b. 11 Nov 1861, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA d. 6 Feb 1938, St Joseph Hospital (Demolished), Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Westerman, CARRIE Carolina,   b. 22 Aug 1862, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA d. 6 Sep 1947, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	13 May 1886	Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA   [1, 4]
  Family ID	F6132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cinkus, Emma C,   b. UNKNOWN   d. DECEASED
  Marriage	5 Apr 1920
  Children	1. Stretz, Donald  [natural]   2. Stretz, Lois  [natural]
  Family ID	F4383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Apr 1891 - Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Alternate Birth - 23 Apr 1891 - Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Baptism - 3 May 1891 - Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Death - 26 Oct 1945 - New York, New York, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  From Melton's History of Cooper County, Missouri: "Buyer for Big Organization. Leon Stretz, native of boonville, is clothing buyer for Montgomery Ward & Company at Oakland, California. He is married and has one son, Donald, and a daughter, Lois. Relatives well known in Cooper County include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Stretz, who recently celebrated their golden wedding; a sister, Mrs. Louis Peeples; a borther, Wilbur Stretz, and Two nephews, George and Kenneth Peeples, all of Boonville; a brother, Norbert Stretz, and a niece and newphew, Mary Ann, and John all of Denver. Government Records: World War I Draft Registration Cards, Full date of birth; living in Kansas City, Missouri.

  
  

• Sources

  [S286] USA: MO: COOPER: St Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Boonville. https://cooper.mogenweb.org/Churches/St_Peter_and_Paul_Catholic_Church.pdf Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church [S1542] USA: Census 1900. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221 [S139] USA: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1968530 [S54] USA: FAMILIES: History of Gantner, Stretz, and Relations. Rose Gantner Mudd