KATHERINE SOPHIE YANTZ BLACK

Wife of Jerry Woodard Black, AAFA #0134

1925 TX –2005 TX

Photo from her memorial at Forest Park Cemetery, Houston—www.findagrave.com

HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Houston, Harris Co., TX—29 March 2005

            Katherine Sophie Yantz Black, 80, a native Houstonian, passed away Easter Sunday, March 27, 2005.

            She was born March 10, 1925 to Johanna and Harry Yantz, Sr. Katherine married Jerry Black, Sr. on December 4, 1944 in New York City, NY. They had five children to whom she devoted her life. Katherine enjoyed many hobbies such as sewing, knitting, crocheting, painting, upholstering, ceramics, gardening, and genealogy. She was a former member Houston Genealogical Society.

            Katherine is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jerry, and son, Leslie.

            She is survived by her sister, Bernice Foerster of Houston and her brother, Harry, Jr., of Paige, TX. She is also survived by 3 daughters: Susanne Behrens, of Addison, TX; Sharon Tucker and her husband Charles, of Pearland; and Shelley Chudej and her husband, Henry of Garden City, TX; and a son, Jerry, Jr. (Woody) and his wife, Sheila of Pearland. Katherine has twelve grandchildren, Kimberly Lewis and husband Randy; Troy Behrens and wife, Kelly; Cory Tucker and wife, Julie; Laura Tucker; Kelley, Lindsey, Blake, Brittney, and Brett Chudej; and Keri, Jerry, III (Jay), and Branden Black, and five great-grandchildren, Gates and Brazos Lewis; Chase Landefeld, Vance and Layla Behrens.

            Visitation was held on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 from 6-9 pm at Forest Park Lawndale. A funeral mass will be held at St. Helen Catholic Church, 2209 Old Alvin Road, Pearland, TX at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2005. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Assoc. or Center Serving Persons With Mental Retardation.

AAFA NOTES: SSDI records confirm the birth and death dates of Katherine S. Black (SS# issued in TX), last residence Addison, Dallas Co., TX.

            Her husband was the Alford, but Katherine was the genealogist.

            For more information about this family, see AAFA’s published genealogy, Known Descendants of James Lodwick Alford (1749–1820).

            Her husband’s Alford lineage, from his closest Alford ancestory, his great-great-grandmother: Susan 1808 NC, Cade 1771 NC, James Lodwick 1749 NC.