IN MEMORY OF OUR DECEASED
Traute Maria Gartner, 89, loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother, passed away Friday, April 5, 2024.
Traute was born Thursday, August 23, 1934 to the late Hans and Dora (Engleman) Kratz in Berlin, Germany and moved to the Akron area in 1956. She owned Gartner Barber and Beauty Shop with her husband.
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Elizabeth was born in Hungary and came to America when she was 16 with her mother and father, Barbara and Konrad Pilz, and brother Joseph Pilz. Elizabeth was an amazing cook and seamstress, and an active member of the German Family Society
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Eva was born in Gaschinci, Yugoslavia on Aug. 8, 1931 to the late Franz and Theresia (Nebenfir) Berg.
Her family fled Yugoslavia during the war and found themselves in a refugee camp in Linz, Austria. There Eva met and married her husband of 50 years, Andy Lehner. In 1952 they left Austria with 2 small children and immigrated to the United States.
Eva was an active member of the German Family Society since 1960. She held many positions on the board and created a dance group of adults that performed in and outside of the club. She developed so many friendships over the years that the Society became her second family.
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