Buchanan County

Cpl. Geneva Laura Lantz

 

Joins Waacs

Dunkerton, Ia. -- Geneva M. Lantz, 22, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lantz of Hazelton, has joined the WAACs and began her training Tuesday at Fort Des Moines. She has been a teacher at Shipley,. Ia.

Source: The Courier, Waterloo, IA - March 10, 1943 (photo included)

Cpl. Geneva Lantz is spending a 15-day leave with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lantz, 1303 Park avenue, Cedar Falls. She is stationed at Fort Riley, Kan., having enlisted in April. Corporal Lantz was formerly a teacher at Shipley, Ia.

Source: The Courier, Waterloo, IA - September 15, 1943

Geneva Laura Lantz Sunquist was born Apr. 8, 1913 to David Efraim Seth and Laura Elvira Johnson Lantz. She died Apr. 19, 2002 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, IA.

Geneva served in World War II with the U.S. Army WAACs. She was married to Alvin G. Sunquist.

Source: ancestry.com