Sixth Generation

335. William Henry PRUTZMAN^1,5,26,41 was born on 22 Mar 1859 in Reading, PA. He was baptized on 14 Jun 1860 in First Reformed Church, Reading, PA. He died on 3 Jul 1926 in Reading, PA. He was buried in Aulenbach Cemetery, Reading, PA. William worked for 42 years with the Reading Company, part of the time as a brakeman and the remainder as an engineer. He was a member of the Hampden Fire Co., the Firemen's Relief Assoc., and the Philadelphia and Reading Relief Assoc. William died from a stroke at his home at 1227 Mulberry Street in Reading.

William Henry PRUTZMAN and Kate Elizabeth STURTZ were married on 11 Sep 1879. Kate Elizabeth STURTZ¹ was born on 19 Jan 1861 in Harrisburg, PA. She died on 19 Jul 1938. She was buried in Aulenbach Cemetery, Reading, PA. Her last name is also spelled Stiirtz. William Henry PRUTZMAN and Kate Elizabeth STURTZ had the following children:

+530	i.	Darius Edward PRUTZMAN.
+531	ii.	Clara PRUTZMAN.
+532	iii.	Mary M. PRUTZMAN.
+533	iv.	Gertrude M. PRUTZMAN.
534	v.	Bertha PRUTZMAN1,26,59 was born on 1 Dec 1889 in Reading, PA. She died on 29 Jan 1972 in Reading, PA. She was buried in Alsace Cemetery, Muhlenberg Twp., PA. Living in Atlantic City, NJ, when her mother died (1938), Bertha was married briefly to Nelson B. Ball, on 2 January 1913 in Reading, it was noted on the marriage license "not to publish." Nelson was a cigarmaker, born 1885 in Red Lion, PA. Bertha's obit said she worked for a hotel in Deland, FL for 17 years, and lastly as a hostess at the Pocono Manor Inn. She lived last at 500 Avenue B, and died at the Hawthorne Home. She was a member of Alsace Lutheran Church and Camp 117, Ladies of the Reindeer.
+535	vi.	Clarence Benneville PRUTZMAN Sr..
+536	vii.	Paul PRUTZMAN.
+537	viii.	Charles H. PRUTZMAN.
538	ix.	Walter PRUTZMAN1 was born on 14 Feb 1903 in Reading, PA. He died in May 1905 in Reading, PA.