Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Leo Harvey Sheetz


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This family history features Leo Harvey Sheetz and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Leo Harvey Sheetz,1 born 6 January 1924 in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, the son of Luther Sheetz and Ethel Conrad;1 died 13 October 2015 in Michigan.1 Leo married Lurella Mae ‘Lu’ Reed (born 22 January 1928 in Berrien Springs, Berrien County, Michigan, the daughter of Dean E. Reed and Wilma Bennett;2, 3 Lu died 26 November 2021 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan2). Lu is buried in Deepdale Memorial Park, Delta Township, Eaton County, Michigan.2

  1. Find a Grave (website). Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana Leo Harvey Sheetz, born: 6 January 1924 in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana; died: 13 October 2015 in Michigan (from record, which provides the names and links for her two wives).
  2. Find a Grave (website). Deepdale Memorial Park, Delta Township, Eaton County, Michigan Lurella M. “Lu” Reed Gazlay-Mills-Sheets, born: 22 January 1928 in Berrien Springs, Berrien County, Michigan; died: 26 November 2021 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan (from record, which includes a copy of her obituary, and provides the names and links for her parents, two siblings, one half-sibling, and three husbands).
  3. Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995; Arnold Gene Gazlay, age 25, born in Marquette, Mich., son of Arnol Gazlay and Lulu Johnson; Lurella Mae Reed, age 28, born in Berrien Springs, Mich., daughter of Dean E. Reed and Wilma Bennett; married 12 June 1949 in Reed City, Mich.