Marion Friends Cemetery ~ Mahala Jane 'Jennie' Loretz ~ part of the Marion County Cemeteries of Oregon
Loretz, Mahala Jane 'Jennie'
LAST: Loretz FIRST: Mahala MID: Jane 'Jennie'
GENDER: F MAIDEN NAME: Dixson TITLE: Mrs.
BORN: Nov 1869 DIED: 30 Dec 1954 BURIED: 
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  North Carolina
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Name of father Wiley Dixon
Maiden name of mother Susanna Haga 
OSBH DC (Marion County 1955) #13903 – Mahala Jane Loretz, female, widowed (Henry), housewife, b. 28 Nov 1869 in North Carolina, d. 30 Dec 1954 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon (Salem Memorial Hospital) at the age of 85 years, name of father Wiley Dixon, maiden name of mother Susanna Haga, interment 3 Jan 1955 at Marion Cemetery, undertaker Clough-Barrick, informant Victoria Watson.
MARRIAGE – “Loritz, Henry O. (over 21 yrs) & Jennie Dixon (over 15 yrs); m. 1 Sep 1887 at house of J.W. Dixon, by J.W. Sneed, Min.; Wit.: Louis & John Loretz; Sur.: Mary Loretz; consent filed. R3 Mb6 #175” 
1900 OR CENSUS - Jennie Loretz, age 30, mother of 5 children 4 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Nov 1869 in N. Carolina, is enumerated with her husband of 12 years, Henry, age 36, occupation farmer, b. Mar 1864 in Montana, along with Erma, age 10, b. Oct 1889 in Oregon, Vernetta, age 7, b. Feb 1893 in Oregon, Victoria, age 4, b. May 1896 in Oregon, and Lenora, age 8 months, b. Sep 1899 in Oregon.
OBITUARY: 
Late resident of Route 1. Box 60, at a local hospital Dec. 30. Survived by daughters, Mrs. Emma Lee McFall, Eugene, Ore., Mrs. Berneta A. Cowden, San Francisco, Calif., Mrs. Victoria A. Watson, Turner, Oregon, Mrs. Lenora J. Currie, Port Coquitdam, B. C.; son Kenneth P. Loretz, Eugene; 12 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Services at Clough-Barrick Chapel Monday at 10:30 a.m. Rev. Hal May will officiate and interment at Marion Cemetery.
Oregon Statesman 2 Jan 1955 10:3
INSCRIPTION: 
Loretz
Mahala Jane
1869 – 1954
(shares marker with Henry)
SOURCES: 
OSBH DC (Marion County 1955) #13903
Saucy
Lane County Marriage Records, 1880-1889, Vol. III, pg 34
1900 OR CENSUS (Lane Co., Junction, ED 198, sheet 9A)\
OS 2 Jan 1955 10:3
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