Forst, Zora Leota

Birth Name Forst, Zora Leota
Gramps ID I6356
Gender female
Age at Death 87 years, 1 month, 14 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1898-01-25 Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a 2a
Census 1900 Roanoke, Jackson Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
3a
Census 1910 Chester Twp, Wabash Cty, Indiana, USA  
4a
Census 1920 Lagro, Lagro Twp, Wabash Cty, Indiana, USA  
5a
Census 1930 Richland Twp, Whitley Cty, Indiana, USA  
6a
Census 1940 Chester Twp, Wabash Cty, Indiana, USA  
7a
Death 1985-03-08 North Manchester, Chester Twp, Wabash Cty, Indiana, USA  
 
Burial   Fairview Cemetery, Servia, Chester Twp, Wabash Cty, Indiana, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Forst, George Washington [I1822]1856-05-141930-10-10
Mother Shultz, Sarah Catharine [I1823]1864-01-181948-12-14
    Sister     Forst, Mable Carrie [I6353] 1887-09-17 1973-12-25
    Sister     Forst, Goldie Mearl [I6354] 1890-08-30 1989-10-14
    Brother     Forst, Earl Marion [I6355] 1893-03-29 1947
         Forst, Zora Leota [I6356] 1898-01-25 1985-03-08
    Brother     Forst, Lawrence Maynard [I6357] 1900-07-25 1946
    Brother     Forst, Glenn Melvin Sr. [I6358] 1902-08-04 1974
    Brother     Forst, Jesse E. [I6359] 1905-08-01 1977-03-03
    Brother     Forst, Donald Hubert [I6360] 1908-07-29 1966

Families

    Family of Frantz, Donald and Forst, Zora Leota [F2081]
Married Husband Frantz, Donald [I6383] ( * 1894-11-10 + 1953-05-02 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1916-10-28 Wabash Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Frantz, Phyllis Irene [I6387]
Frantz, Harold Eugene [I6384]1917-06-011984
Frantz, Arden Robert [I6385]1919-06-261979-12-22
Frantz, Richard Dale [I6386]1922-03-031995-08-19
Frantz, Betty Jane [I6389]1924-09-181924-09-26
Frantz, Galen L. [I6388]1928-09-021976-09-20

Narrative

Note: The military service of the sons of Zora Leota (Forst) Frantz

All four of Zora's sons enlisted in the military during times of conflict - three of them during the same war. The first was her oldest son Harold, who enlisted at the age of twenty-four in July of 1941. His brother Arden would follow just two months later, at the age of twenty-two. While I have not obtained their service records, it seems likely that the two of them saw deployment by sometime in 1942, and likely in the European theatre.

Third-born Richard would not enlist until January of 1945, when he was just several weeks shy of his twenty-third borthday; whether he saw active combat is uncertain to me at this point, as the war was over in Europe by the spring and just a few months later in the Pacific theater.

The youngest of the family, Galen, was barely seventeen years old at the end of World War II, but served in the Korean War where he was recorded as severely wounded in service in late 1951.

It is worth noting that her son-in-law, Traverse Shanafelt, had served in the Navy during World War II prior to his marriage to Zora's only surviving daughter, Phyllis.

Pedigree

  1. Forst, George Washington [I1822]
    1. Shultz, Sarah Catharine [I1823]
      1. Forst, Mable Carrie [I6353]
      2. Forst, Goldie Mearl [I6354]
      3. Forst, Earl Marion [I6355]
      4. Forst, Zora Leota
        1. Frantz, Donald [I6383]
          1. Frantz, Harold Eugene [I6384]
          2. Frantz, Arden Robert [I6385]
          3. Frantz, Richard Dale [I6386]
          4. Frantz, Betty Jane [I6389]
          5. Frantz, Phyllis Irene [I6387]
          6. Frantz, Galen L. [I6388]
      5. Forst, Lawrence Maynard [I6357]
      6. Forst, Glenn Melvin Sr. [I6358]
      7. Forst, Jesse E. [I6359]
      8. Forst, Donald Hubert [I6360]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2007 [S0302]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27KH-NTQ : 21 January 2016), George W Forst in entry for Donnal Frantz and Lora Leota Forst, ; citing Wabash, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,409,246.

  2. US Social Security Death Index [S0098]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V972-PZD : 20 May 2014), Zora Frantz, Mar 1985; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

  3. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Date: 1900-06-12
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM1R-KND : accessed 25 March 2017), George W Forst, Jackson Township Roanoke town, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 82, sheet 9B, family 218, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,378.

        Event Year 1900
        Event Place Jackson Township Roanoke town, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        George W Forst Head M 44 Indiana
        Sarah C Forst Wife F 36 Indiana
        Mabel C Forst Daughter F 13 Indiana
        Goldie M Forst Daughter F 10 Indiana
        Earl M Forst Son M 7 Indiana
        Zora L Forst Daughter F 2 Indiana

  4. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Date: 1910-05-20
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKRW-P7N : accessed 25 March 2017), G W Forst, Chester, Wabash, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 141, sheet 14A, family 353, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 386; FHL microfilm 1,374,399.

        Event Date 1910
        Event Place Chester, Wabash, Indiana, United States
        G W Forst Head M 53 Indiana
        Catherine Forst Wife F 46 Indiana
        Golda Forst Daughter F 19 Indiana
        Earl Forst Son M 17 Indiana
        Zora Forst Daughter F 12 Indiana
        Lauerence Forst Son M 9 Indiana
        Glenn Forst Son M 7 Indiana
        Jessie Forst Son M 4 Indiana
        Donald Forst Son M 0 Indiana

  5. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Date: 1920-01-10
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFH7-54W : accessed 27 March 2017), Donald Frantz, Lagro, Wabash, Indiana, United States; citing ED 182, sheet 4A, line 40, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 472; FHL microfilm 1,820,472.

        Event Date 1920
        Event Place Lagro, Wabash, Indiana, United States
        Donald Frantz Head M 25 Indiana
        Lora Frantz Wife F 21 Indiana
        Harold Frantz Son M 2 Indiana
        Arden Frantz Son M 0 Indiana

  6. US Census of 1930 [S0042]
      • Date: 1930
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X418-THP : accessed 27 March 2017), Donald Frantz, Richland, Whitley, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 1A, line 1, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 639; FHL microfilm 2,340,374.

        Event Date 1930
        Event Place Richland, Whitley, Indiana, United States
        Donald Frantz Head M 35 Indiana
        Cora L Frantz Wife F 32 Indiana
        Harrold E Frantz Son M 12 Indiana
        Arden R Frantz Son M 10 Indiana
        Richard D Frantz Son M 8 Indiana
        Phyllis I Frantz Daughter F 3 Indiana
        Galen L Frantz Son M 1 Indiana

  7. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Date: 1940-04-23
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1BF-7WK : accessed 4 April 2017), Donald Frank, Chester Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85-3, sheet 9B, line 60, family 242, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1106.

        Event Date 1940
        Event Place Chester Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States
        Donald Frank Head M 45 Indiana
        Zora Frank Wife F 42 Indiana
        Richard Frank Son M 18 Indiana
        Phyllis Frank Daughter F 13 Indiana
        Gaylord Frank Son M 11 Indiana