Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Luther Sheetz


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Luther Sheetz and one of his descendants down to the second generation.


First Generation
1. Luther Sheetz,1 born ____ (parents not determined). Luther married Ethel Conrad (born ____, parents not determined).

+2i. Leo Harvey Sheetz, born 6 January 1924 in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana; died 13 October 2015 in Michigan. Married Lurella Mae ‘Lu’ Reed.

Second Generation
2. Leo Harvey Sheetz2 (Luther1), born 6 January 1924 in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana;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.