Earl James Gatch
1937 - 1997 (59 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Earl James Gatch was born on 16 Nov 1937 in Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois (son of Benny Gatch and Helen Bertha Butz); died on 2 Feb 1997; was buried in Skyline Memorial Park, Monee, Will County, Illinois. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89136164/earl-j-gatch
2. Benny Gatch was born on 14 Nov 1891 in Lithuania; died on 13 Jan 1969 in Cook County, Illinois; was buried in Lithuanian National Cemetery, Justice, Cook County, Illinois. Other Events:
- _MILT: World War I. US veteran.
- Census: 1930, Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois
Notes:
The Chicago Heights Star, Thursday, January 16, 1969, p.6
Funeral services will be held Thursday at Hub Chapel for Benny Gatch, 77, of 1543 Thorn Street, Chicago Heights, who died Monday at St. James Hospital after a lengthy illness.
A 60 year resident of Chicago Heights, Mr. Gatch was born in Lithuania on November 14, 1891. He was a retired employe of Inland Steel Company, and was a World War I veteran. He also was a member of VFW Post 2825 and the Chicago Lithuanian Society.
Services will be held Thursday at 10 a.m., with burial at Lithuanian National Cemetery in Willow Springs, Ill.
Survivors include his wife, Helen; a daughter, Miss Helen Gatch of Chicago Heights; four sons, Ben and Frank of Chicago Heights, Earl of Park Forest and Anthony of Forest Park, Ga; a sister, Mrs. Frances Gruskis of Chicago, and nine grandchildren.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59288271/benny-gatchBenny married Helen Bertha Butz. Helen (daughter of Anthony Butz and Anna Yushkewitz) was born on 10 Apr 1908 in Steger, Cook County, Illinois; died on 6 Feb 1981; was buried in Lithuanian National Cemetery, Justice, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Helen Bertha Butz was born on 10 Apr 1908 in Steger, Cook County, Illinois (daughter of Anthony Butz and Anna Yushkewitz); died on 6 Feb 1981; was buried in Lithuanian National Cemetery, Justice, Cook County, Illinois. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59287790/helen-b_-gatchChildren:
- Ben Gatch was born on 19 Jul 1929 in Illinois; died on 20 Oct 2011 in Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois; was buried in Cedar Park Cemetery, Calumet Park, Cook County, Illinois.
- Frank Benjamin Gatch was born on 10 Aug 1930 in Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois; died on 27 Aug 1994; was buried in Lithuanian National Cemetery, Justice, Cook County, Illinois.
- 1. Earl James Gatch was born on 16 Nov 1937 in Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois; died on 2 Feb 1997; was buried in Skyline Memorial Park, Monee, Will County, Illinois.
Generation: 3
6. Anthony Butz was born on 24 Jan 1882 in Baubliai, Lithuania. Other Events:
- Census: 1940, Steger, Cook County, Illinois
Notes:
His petitiion for naturalization states that Anthony Butz was formerly Antanas Baceviczis.
His tombstone reads Antanas BaceviceAnthony married Anna Yushkewitz on 6 Aug 1906 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Anna was born on 5 May 1886 in Raseiniai, Lithuania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Anna Yushkewitz was born on 5 May 1886 in Raseiniai, Lithuania. Children:
- 3. Helen Bertha Butz was born on 10 Apr 1908 in Steger, Cook County, Illinois; died on 6 Feb 1981; was buried in Lithuanian National Cemetery, Justice, Cook County, Illinois.
- Antoinette Butz Bacewicz was born on 5 Dec 1909 in Cook County, Illinois; died on 23 Apr 2003 in Cook County, Illinois.
- Julia Butz was born on 4 May 1911 in Steger, Cook County, Illinois; died on 23 Jan 1996 in Cook County, Illinois.
- Joseph Butz was born on 20 Jul 1920 in Illinois; died in Jul 1986; was buried in Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois.