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     Robert Elmer Artz was born on 24 February 1925, Spring Glen, Schuylkill County, PA.^3,2 He was the son of Moses Paul Artz and Faye Edith Carl.³ Robert Elmer Artz married Helen E. Williams, daughter of Earl E. Williams and Anna Elizabeth Zartman. Robert Elmer Artz died on 29 September 2007, HealthSouth, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, PA, at age 82.³
Newspaper obituary:
Robert E. Artz, 82, of Mechanicsburg, formerly of West Reading, died September 29, 2007, in HealthSouth, Mechanicsburg where he had been a patient for two days.
His wife, Helen E. (Williams) Artz, died March 30, 2002. Born in Spring Glen, Schuylkill County, he was a son of the late Paul M. and Faye (Carl) Artz.
Artz and his wife owned Artz Restaurant, Spring Glen, and he was a partner in the Midland Theater, Valley View. He was employed for 23 years at a funeral home in the Reading area and in New Cumberland for 4 1/2 years, retiring in 1985.
A member of Bethany Lutheran Church, West Reading, he attended Lycoming College, Williamsport, and was a 1958 graduate of Simmons School of Mortuary Science, Syracuse, NY.
Surviving are a son, Kim W. Artz, fiance of JoAnn Temple; a brother, Charles Artz of Lebanon; three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was predeceased by a sister, Arlene (Artz) Reed in 2005, and a son, Richard Artz in May 1998.
Services will be held Friday at Noon in the Auman Funeral Homes, Reiffton. Burial to follow in Forest Hills Memorial Park. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until time of service.
The family requests contributions be made to Bethany Lutheran Church, 336 Franklin Street, West Reading, PA 19611.
Published in the Patriot-News on October 3, 2007.^4,5
He was buried on 5 October 2007, at Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton, Berks County, PA.^3,6

     Richard Robert Artz was born on 4 May 1946, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA.¹ He was the son of Robert Elmer Artz and Helen E. Williams. Richard Robert Artz died on 9 May 1998, Easton Hospital, Easton, Northampton County, PA, PA, at age 52.^1,2
Newspaper obituary:
Richard R. Artz
Richard R. "Dick" Artz, 52, of Easton, died suddenly Saturday in Easton Hospital.
Born in Pottsville, May 4, 1946, he was a son of Robert and Helen Williams Artz, Mechanicsburg. He was a graduate of Reading High School and Rhode Island Radio Electronic School.
He served with the Navy during the Vietnam War.
He was employed as a technical sales manager for Lucent Technologies, Basking Ridge, N.J., where he worked for 28 years. He was co-owner of A to Z Pellet Stoves, Easton.
He was a member of Arndt's Lutheran Church, Easton, and its church council. He was a former Boy Scout leader.
Surviving, in addition to his parents, are his wife, the former Suzanne M. Bush, to whom he was married eight years; a daughter, Jamey Artz, West Lawn; three stepdaughters, Tammy Hoff and Gwyn Forster, both of Reading, and Jill Forster, at home; a brother, Kim, West Reading; a maternal grandmother, Anna Williams, Valley View; paternal grandmother, Faye Artz, Spring Glen; a granddaughter.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday from Strunk Funeral Home Inc., Easton. Interment will be in Northampton Memorial Shrine, Easton.
Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 12 May 1998, Tue, Page 3.³
He was buried at Northampton Memorial Shrine, Palmer Township, Northampton County, PA, PA.^1,2