Found this information about
Mortz, John 1892 1928 on a page about the Texaco Indian Refinery Explosion on 1 Aug 1918 in Lawerenceville, Lawerence, Illinois, USA.

There is a great story with Obits and Headstone Pictures at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilavcem/lawrence_accidents...


John Mortz

Age 35 died at 7:20 a.m. Tuesday. Residence at Fourth and Washington and leaves a wife and five children- twins 9, Junior 7,Andrew 4 and Beulah 10 months. Funeral will be held Thursday at the Free Methodist church.

John Mortz 1892 to August 1 1928 Buried Lawrenceville City Cemetery Section 1919-4

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