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Funeral Card · primary-source record

Elizabeth Sax Merz

1823 – June 4, 1899

Died 4 June 1899 · found in Iowa

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Funeral Card

Date of death

June 4, 1899

Date of birth

1823

Age at death

76 years, 11 months, 10 days

Where found

Iowa, United States

The funeral card

From the funeral card

In Loving Remembrance of

Elizabeth Sax Merz

Died June 4, 1899

Age 76 yrs. 11 mos. 10 days

Farewell, dear mother, sweet thy rest,

Weary with years and worn with pain,

Farewell, till Christ some happy day

Shall bid thy face again,

'Tis ours to mourn thee all our years,

And tender memories of thee keep,

Thine in the Lord to rest, for so

He giveth His beloved sleep.

The card was found in Iowa. The eight-line verse (from "Farewell, dear mother") is a best-effort reading from a compressed decorative typeface and has not been verified against the original card.

Brian's research

This card was found in Iowa, and the 1880 (Tenth) census of Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa may show this Elizabeth. The household enumerated:

  • Balthasas Merz (self, 52, stone mason, born Wuertenberg, both parents born Wuertenberg)
  • Elizabeth Merz (wife, 57, keeping house, born Bavaria, both parents born Bavaria)
  • George Ruchte (nephew, 18, at school, born New York, both parents born Wuertenberg)

— Brian, Ancestors at Rest

Sources consulted

  • 1880 U.S. census, Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa — Family History Library film 1254333, NA film T9-0333, page 411A

People named in this record

  • Elizabeth Sax MerzSubject
  • Balthasas MerzMentioned
  • George RuchteMentioned

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Source & citation

Source type
Photograph & transcription
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-06-12
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Image vs transcription
Both — photograph of the card and a transcription on this page

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