Leo Andrew Lenze

1897 - 1951  (54 years)

• Name	Leo Andrew Lenze  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	4 Jan 1897	St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Dec 1951	St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I3013	Branches and Roots
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	John L. Lenze,   b. 18 Nov 1866, Benzinger, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Feb 1957, Benzinger, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Anna Josephine Daniels,   b. 15 Jan 1872, Elk County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Jan 1964, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 92 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	6 May 1890	St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Beulah Evelyn Cannon,   b. 20 Dec 1905, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA d. 30 Oct 1994, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	21 Jun 1934	St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA
  Children	+ 1. Leo John Lenze,   b. 19 Oct 1936, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA d. 9 Apr 2023, Titusville, Brevard, Florida, USA (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S278] Lynch-Radkowski Funeral Home, Obituary: Lenze, Leo J. Leo John Lenze, of Titusville, Florida and formerly of Saint Marys, Pennsylvania, passed on Easter Morning (April 9, 2023). The son of Leo Andrew Lenze and Beulah Evelyn Lenze, Leo was born on October 19, 1936; he was 86. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, M. Ellen Lenze; their six married children Andrew & Sharon Lenze, Elizabeth & Edwin Seiler, David & Lisa Lenze, James & Sylvia Lenze, Donald & Janet Lenze, and Leo & Leann Lenze; 23 grandchildren, and 5 great grandchildren. Leo graduated from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) and earned a graduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University. After graduating from IUP, he taught school for two years in Ulysses, Pennsylvania before returning to Saint Marys to teach in the public high school for the remainder of his teaching career. At various times during his 36 years of teaching, he also taught night classes at the DuBois Business College, tutored children unable to attend school in residence, coached basketball, taught swimming, and co-managed the Memorial (Community) Pool. Leo and Ellen also owned and operated Johnson’s Grocery Store for many years until they sold it in 1989. Upon Leo’s retirement from Saint Marys Area High School in 1993, he served two terms as Elk County Auditor and spent time exploring the country with Ellen in their RV. Lynch-Radkowski Funeral Home: 09APR2023 HFA: 10APR2023 [S343] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, (Name: National Archives; Location: St. Louis, St. Louis, Misouri, USA;), Lenze, Leo Andrew. [S219] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Name: National Archives; Location: St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States;).