Mary Gertrude Lotz

     Mary Gertrude Lotz was born on 10 September 1886 at Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania.¹ She was the daughter of Edward Mausheim Lotz and Flora Belle Lindsay.¹ Mary Gertrude Lotzappeared on the US Census of 1900 in the household of Edward Mausheim Lotz and Flora Belle Lotz at Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania.²

Mary Gertrude Lotz, age 20, married John Walker Oakes, age 22 , son of James Bruce Oakes and Rachel Anne Beard, on 14 March 1907 at Blair County, Pennsylvania.³ Mary, age 23 years, and John, age 24 years, appeared on the US Census of 1910 on 610 Clark Street, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania.⁴ Mary, age 33 years, and John, age 34 years, appeared on the US Census of 1920 on Hickory Street, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania.⁵ John and Mary Oakes are listed in the 1927 Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, City Directory as living on 806 Allegheny Street.⁶ Mary, age 43 years, and John, age 44 years, appeared on the US Census of 1930 on 806 Allegheny Street, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania.⁷ In 1962, the year Mary died, she lived at 524 Penn Street, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania.¹ She died on 25 March 1962 at Altoona Hospital, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, at age 75 from a myocardial infraction.^8,1 She was buried on 28 March 1962 at Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania.^8,1