Notes

Note N1065 Index

After getting married, they lived in Franklin Co, Penn, then western Kansas and then Kelso Washington where he died.

Notes

Note N1066 Index

Private, Pennsylvania

Notes

Note N1067 Index

Memorial Mass was at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Evans, Colorado, under the direction of Allnutt Funeral Service-Macy Chapel.

Notes

Note N1068 Index

His obit, source unknown. Lived in Casper Wyoming for 26 years and in Evans Colorado since 1980. He attended Salt City Business College in Hutcheson, Kansas. He had worked as a special representative for the Hughes Tool Company for 43 years, and retired in 1980. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Evans, Colorado. Last residence (SSDI) Palmdale, Los Angeles county, California.

Notes

Note N1069 Index

Moved to Kansas from Ill. Also four daughters.

Find-a-grave entry for father. --H. Frank Hartzell is a graduate of the Moline High School, learned the telegraph business, but when 16 years old migrated to Topeka, Kan., and clerked in the Tefft House until his brother sold out the hotel, whereupon he became Secretary of the Topeka Freight and Omnibus Lines, then Secretary of the Wichita Horse Railroad Co. until 1883, when he obtained the mail contract for delivery of mail in Topeka, which position he held until March 1, 1884, when he returned to Wichita and organized the Kansas Furniture Company, of which he is now Secretary. The firm are wholesale and retail dealers in
furniture, and are doing a prosperous business.--

Notes

Note N1070 Index

Died when he was 3 years old.

Notes

Note N1071 Index

Sol PA
"HARTZELL.--Mr. R. S. Hartzell has sent us his prospectus of a Historical and Genealogical Record of the Hartzell family. Heinrich Hertzel landed at Philadelphia in 1732, and purchased land at what is now Telford, Montgomery County. He died June 21, 1784, and was interred in the burying-ground of the Indianfield German Reformed Church, near Telford. Ulrich, who came over in the same ship with Heinrich, settled near Tylersport, Montgomery county, and died Feb 11, 1771. Conrad Hertzel arrived Dec. 6, 1738 and settled in Salsburg township, Northampton (now Lehigh) County. These three were the first of the name to come to America, and as the Hartzells in the different sections of the country trace their ancestry to the Pennsylvania immigrants, all communications should be addressed to the editor at No. 1117 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia."--Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Vol X (1886)

Notes

Note N1072 Index

Described as being of Tulsa, Ok in her father's obit.

"Helen Louise Reel died peacefully on January 17, 2011 while in her home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma surrounded by her devoted sons, their loving wives, adoring grandchildren and devoted caregiver. Helen was born in Sedan, Kansas where her dad and his brothers established the first electrical utility service in the city. Her family later moved to Hutchinson Kansas where she graduated high school. Although she received an academic scholarship from Drake University, she chose to attend Hays State University in Fort Hays, Kansas where her life was changed forever when she met James Francis Reel of Miltonvale, Kansas who was attending college. They were married in December 1940 and soon moved to Illinois where there was a significant oil play at the time after World War II. Her three sons were born there. The family later moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma in 1952 where they lived until 1965. During that time, although Helen was raised in the Methodist Church, she persevered in raising her children in the Roman Catholic Church while attending St. John Catholic School. While Helen was not able to complete her own college degree, she was steadfast in seeing that her sons earned their baccalaureate degrees from Oklahoma State University...
Helen and Jim moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965. She was a homemaker until her sons graduated from high school. She then began working in the Tulsa Public Schools' cafeteria program from which she retired after 20 years of service. Helen and Jim were active in the the Tulsa Organ Music Society and Meals on Wheels during their retirement years. They were faithful members of St. Pius X Catholic Church for 40 years before moving to Oklahoma City in 2005 where two of their sons and their families lived. During her remaining years she lived in the Statesman Club Retirement Community where she enjoyed many dear friends, especially Helen McKenzie.The family will always be appreciative of LaDonna White, a compassionate caregiver who provided unwavering love, comfort and support to Helen during her final years...
Helen was truly the sweetest person who was kind and loving to everyone she met. She adoringly loved her three sons and their families: Mike and Mignon Reel of Neshkoro, Wisconsin, Tony and Joyce Reel of Midwest City and Stephen and Susie Reel of Oklahoma City. She delighted in her grandchildren Michel Edward Reel and his wife Leah, Stephanie Rhea Reel, Sarah Lauren Reel, John Reel, Vanessa Reel, Jennifer Livingston and her husband Neal, and her great grandchildren Danica and Dalton Less of Tulsa and Addison Joy Livingston of Del City.
Helen was preceded in death by her husband James in 2008, her parents Harold Clark and Beulah Gertrude Hartzell, her brother Harold Clark, Jr. and sister, Margaret Delarria."--Find-a-grave