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- Wilamena "Minnie" Christine Rosenberg, born about 1833, died after 1880
- Harper (Harvey) Kutz, born 9 June 1862, married Rosa Haney Diets on 14 May 1884, died 18 February 1901
in Le Sueur, Minnesota, from Typhoid fever.
- Rosa Haney Diets, born 18 October 1855 in Peoria, Illinois
- Leo James, born 23 Sept 1886 in New Ulm,
Minnesota, married Cora Kutz (born 7 Dec 1891, died 28 Feb 1989) and had 2 children,
Stanley and
Mildred ; Mildred was born 1 April 1912,
married a Mr. Spotts, and died 2 October 1986. Leo was a barber who (according to Jean
Landis Illian) introduced his sister Adele to a client and her future husband, William
W. Landis. When Leo discovered he had a half brother John J., Leo visited John's son
Bob and Bob's wife Mary Lou. Leo died 26 June 1971 in Mankato, Minnesota. Great-grandson
Scott Friend recalls spots on Leo's hands. Photo (1918)
and Photo (1967)
- Cora Auguste Emilia Kutz, born 7 December 1891, married Leo Nenno on 28 August 1910, died 28 February 1987
(this date from Scott Friend) or March 1987 (this date from Steve or Pat Lenertz). Great-grandson Scott Friend suggested that Cora had a sister
Pat who lived to age 103, but no such sister is known to Patti Stoll, who has researched
the Kutz family. Patti Stoll is a grand-daughter of Cora's brother, John Albert Kutz.
- Stanley, never married, no children, lived in California, but died 12 Aug 2000
in Minnesota
- Mildred ("Grandma Sis"), born 1 April 1912, married Ernest Spotts, having 3 Children :
Robert, Donald, and Dianne. Owned a parakeet (Tippy) who could curse.
Mildred died 12 Aug 1986.
- Ernest Spotts, died 7 Feb 1967
- Norman Joseph Friend, son of Joseph Philip Friend, married to Marjorie Alice Martin. Norman died 15 Sept 2005,
- Robert Spotts, married 3 times (Tony, Carol, Marjean) with two biological
children (Donald and Robert) and 5 adopted kids
- Donald Spotts, married to Carol, with three sons : Kim, Mike, Dane
- Dianne Adele (Spotts), married Dale Norman Friend (Dale born 25 Dec 1958), having two
children : Lisa (born 1967, died of Reyes Syndrome in Kenosha,
Wisconsin, summer 1974, buried with her grandmother Mildred in
Minnesota), and Scott, born 24 April 1969.
- Scott Friend, born 24 April 1969, married with daughter Hannah Noel and son Joseph Scott
- Hannah Noel Friend, born 18 Dec 1998, living in Michigan with her parents
- Joseph Scott Friend, born 15 Sept 2005, living in Michigan with her parents
Information about the ancestors of Cora Kutz from Pat Lenertz of Hackensack, Mn, by email on 16 March 2007
