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Harry Andrew Portzer

Harry Andrew Portzer

Male 1888 - 1943  (55 years)


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  • Name Harry Andrew Portzer  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 18 Feb 1888  St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 7 Aug 1943  Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial 12 Aug 1943  Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • St. Leo's Catholic Cemetery
    Person ID I3179  Branches and Roots
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2026 

    Father Henry J. Portzer,   b. 10 Jan 1855, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1927, Benzinger, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Catherina Daniels,   b. 10 Mar 1865, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1930, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 21 Sep 1886 
    Family ID F288  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maud L. Frantz,   b. 31 Oct 1894, Penfield, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1950, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jun 1914 
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Henry Portzer,   b. 5 Mar 1915, Medix Run, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 2003, Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Martha Jane Portzer,   b. 13 Feb 1916, Medix Run, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1936, Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Russell Leroy Portzer,   b. 9 Jun 1917, Elk County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1926, Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 8 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. Gerald Victor Portzer,   b. 13 Nov 1918, Medix Run, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jul 1987, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. Lloyd Bernard Portzer,   b. 19 Jul 1921, Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1960, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F285  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2026 

  • Sources 
    1. [S343] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, (Name: National Archives; Location: St. Louis, St. Louis, Misouri, USA;), Portzer, Harry Andrew.

    2. [S318] Historical Society of St. Marys & Benzinger Township, Portzer, Harry A.
      Brother of Local Folks Passes Away Harry Portzer Died Saturday Night in Ridgway, Funeral Services Thursday

      Ridgway: August 9th. Harry A. Portzer, 55, employed as a millwright at Hyde Murphy Company for twenty-four years and father of three sons serving in the United States armed forces, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home at 201 Monroe Avenue Saturday evening at 6 o'clock. He had been working all day and was stricken following the evening meal. A funeral service will be held Thursday morning at nine o'clock in St. Leo's Church. Internment in St. Leo's Cemetery.

      Mr. Portzer was born in St. Marys on February 18, 1888, a son of the late Katherine Daniel Portzer and Henry Portzer. He was employed at Hyde-Murphy Company since 1919. Mr. Portzer was a member of the Carpenter’s and Joiner's Union, the Knights of Columbus, and the Protected Home Circle. He leaves his widow the former Maude Frantz of Johnsonburg; three sons, Staff Sergeant Thomas Portzer, stationed in Iceland; Lloyd Portzer, a member of the See Bees at Camp Peary, Virginia, and Private Gerald Portzer, stationed in Arizona. Two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Albert Blessel, Mrs. Raymond Feldbauer, and Edward Portzer, St. Marys, and Frank Portzer of DuBois, also survive.

      Historical Society of St. Marys and Benzinger Township
      Daily Press, The: AUG1943

    3. [S234] Staff, Daily Press, The, (Name: Daily Press, The; Location: St. Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States;), Portzer, Thomas H.
      Portzer, Thomas H., 88, of Roanoke, formerly of St. Mary's, Pa., passed away at his home on Tuesday, April 22, 2003. He was born March 5, 1915, in Medix Run, Pa., the son of Henry (Harry) A. Portzer and Ella Maude Frantz Portzer, who preceded him in death. Also preceding him in death were his wife of forty years, Magdalen Blessel Portzer, one sister and three brothers. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served in Iceland and Europe during World War II. He had been employed b by Sylvania Electrical Products of Emporium, Pa. and Keystone Carbon Company of St. Mary's, Pa. where he retired in 1978. Surviving are his daughter and son-in-law, Mary Jean and Casimir Kwitowski of Erie, Pa.; son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Dory Portzer of Roanoke; daughter, Lucy Portzer of Roanoke; granddaughter and husband, Heather and Brian Rifkin of Hershey, Pa.; grandson and wife, Bernard and Nicole Kwitowski of Wilmington, Del.; granddaughter, Holly Kwitowski of Erie, Pa.; grandson, Matthew Portzer of Roanoke; and three canine companions, Polly, Winnie and Dickens. Also surviving are three sisters-in-law and several nieces and nephews. A Funeral Mass will be held 10 a.m. Friday, April 25, 2003, at St. Elias Catholic Church. Father Rudolph Wakim will officiate. Interment will take place in St. Mary's Cemetery in St. Mary's, Pa. beside the remains of his beloved wife. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 24, 2003, at Oakey's North Chapel. A Prayer Service will be held 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Oakey's North Chapel with visitation to follow until 9 p.m. The family wishes to acknowledge special friends who assisted in his care, Ethel Frantz of Rochester, N.Y., Tammi Jackson and Stephanie Orange of Eldercare Services, and Dawn Hale who thought of him as her second dad. Arrangements by Oakey's North Chapel (362-1237).

      Daily Press, The: April 23, 2003
      Accessed: 16MAY2024