William Bennett Lebherz

1919 - 2010  (90 years)

• Name	William Bennett Lebherz
  Nickname	Bill
  Born	25 Aug 1919	New York, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Feb 2010	Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA   [5]
  Buried	27 Feb 2010	St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I57287	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	William Bennett Lebherz,   b. 4 Dec 1885, Maryland, USA ,   d. 13 Sep 1962, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Harriett Elvina Behney,   b. 14 Dec 1894, Maryland, USA ,   d. 29 Dec 1983, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Married	Abt 1914
  Family ID	F7212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Staley,   b. 7 May 1922, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA ,   d. 2 Feb 2003, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Married	12 Dec 1942	Texas, USA
  Children	1. William B. Lebherz   2. Susan L. Lebherz   3. Charles F. Lebherz   4. John T. Lebherz   5. Joseph E. Lebherz   6. Margaret L Lebherz   7. Anne K. Lebherz
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F26126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] 1920 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). [S25] 1930 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). Name: William Lebherg Home in 1930: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland Age: 10 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1920 Relation to Head of House: Son Father's Name: William Mother's Name: Harritte [S26] 1940 US Federal Census. [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur. Proposed Change: William Bennett Lebherz (I57287)Tree: Südpfalz / Southern PalatinateLink: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I57287&tree=SuedpfalzDescription: FYI: Both the 1930 and 1940 census records state that he was born in NY.https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X34F-BFGhttps://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K7F4-CNQclaire rassman claire rassman [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com). Name: William B. Lebherz SSN: 220-10-5346 Last Residence: 21704 Frederick, Frederick, Maryland Born: 25 Aug 1919 Died: 23 Feb 2010 State (Year) SSN issued: Maryland (Before 1951) [S927] Obituary. Mr. William Bennett Lebherz Jr. As originally published on Thursday, February 25, 2010. Mr. William Bennett Lebherz Jr. William Bennett Lebherz Jr., 90, of Frederick, most recently of Country Meadows Assisted Living, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, following a brief illness. He was the husband of the late Margaret (Sis) Staley Lebherz, his wife of 60 years. They were married Dec. 12, 1942, in Paris, Texas. Born Aug. 25, 1919, Mr. Lebherz was the son of William B. Lebherz Sr. and Harriet (Behney) Lebherz. He was a lifelong Roman Catholic and a parishioner of St. Peter the Apostle Church in Libertytown since 1988. After graduating from Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg in 1939, he attended and graduated from the Harvard School of Business in June 1941. At that time, Mr. Lebherz joined the Army, where he served from 1941 to 1945, moving to the rank of major of infantry. During his Army career, he was an instructor at the Infantry School of Fort Benning, Ga., trained troops at Fort McClellan, Ala., and served as company commander on Saipan in the South West Pacific. In his professional career, he was vice president, director and treasurer of Emery Advertising Co. in Baltimore from 1948 to 1958 and marketing director of Ox Fibre Brush Co. from 1959 to 1966, at which time he moved to Massachusetts when the company was sold to the Standard Oil Co. From there, he continued in marketing while living in Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and New York. During the past 30 years in Frederick, Bill volunteered as editor of the St. John the Evangelist newsletter under Monsignor Edward Echle, he wrote a history of St. John the Evangelist Church in 1987 for the church's sesquicentennial and he coordinated the senior golfing group at the VFW Country Club, for which he wrote and published a history in 1988. Bill will be remembered most for his love of, and dedication to, his wife, family and his Catholic faith. He was an ardent lover of golf and an avid bridge player and a master at the art of joke telling. Bill is survived by seven children and their spouses, William Lebherz III (Diane), Susan Gontarz (Paul), Charles Lebherz (Patricia), John Lebherz (Mary), Joseph Lebherz (Eileen), Margaret Guncik (Alan) and Anne Berry (Michael); 19 grandchildren, Tania Tse (Shau-Chi), Sarah Lebherz, John, William, Rebecca and Keith Gontarz, Tara Buckwold (Victor), Natalie Lebherz, Laura and Elizabeth Lebherz, Luke, Emma and Jane Lebherz, Thomas Guncik, Michael, Vincent, Melissa, Stephen and Anthony Berry; one great-granddaughter, Madison Tse; and several cousins. He was fondly remembered as "Uncle Bill" by his many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at Keeney and Basford Funeral Home, 106 E. Church St., Frederick, where a prayer service will be held at 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, by Monsignor John Dietzenbach from Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic Church, 9201 Church St., Libertytown. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery, Frederick. Online condolences may be shared with the family at KeeneyBasford.com.