Deitz, Franklin S., Rev.
Birth
Franklin S. Deitz was born on May 11, 1913 at Berne, Albany, NY. His parents were Frederick N. Deitz (Nov 3, 1887-Oct 23, 1950) and Theodora N. Haverly (Feb 2, 1889-Apr 29, 1962). He had two brothers; Harold F. Deitz, and Walter E. Deitz. As a teenager, he played baseball with the Berne Juniors team, was active in the Berne Reformed Church programs and plays, worked for 5 yrs. at the F. P. Hochstrasser Store in Berne, and co-published a Berne newspaper of village news and advertisements.
Education
Franklin S. Deitz was a graduate of Schoharie High School, Hope College in Holland, Mich., and New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Brunswick, NJ.
Occupation
Rev. Franklin S. Deitz was a minister in the Reformed Church of America. He first served the Reformed Church of Prattsville,Greene Co. NY, beginning in 1938; the Second Reformed Church of Rotterdam, Schenectady Co. NY, beginning in 1944; and the Lawyersville and Sharon Reformed Churches of Schoharie Co. NY, beginning in 1961.He was named paster emeritus when he retired from Lawyersville and Sharon Reformed churches in 1975, and moved to Berne. He was chaplain of the Hilltowns Senior Citizens, and a member of the First Reformed Church of Berne, where he had grown up. He was also a member of the Berne Historical Society and the Schoharie Classis of the Reformed Church in America.
Marriage & Children
Franklin S. Deitz married Gertrude M. Ball(daughter of Clyde L. Ball and Alta M. Sholtes) on October 20, 1938 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Berne, Albany,NY. They moved into the parsonage at Prattsville, Greene Co., NY. after November 2, 1938. They had three children:
- Allan F. Deitz -b. November 24, 1940 at Albany, Albany, NY. He married Betty Ann Hesselink on Aug 24, 1962 at Waupun,Dodge, WI. They lived in 2009 in Guilderland, Albany, Albany,NY.
- Arlene G. Deitz -b. Oct 3, 1943 at Albany, Albany, NY. She married Rev. James D. Clark on Jul 16, 1966 at Schenectady, Schenectady, NY. They lived in 2009 in Essex Junction, VT.
- Gerald R. Deitz -b.Oct 4, 1948 at Schenectady, Schenectady,NY. He lived in 2009 in Clifton Park, Saratoga, NY.
Death
He died on Dec 4, 1996 at St. Peter's Hospital, Albany, Albany, NY, at age 83. He was buried on Dec 7, 1996 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Berne, Albany, NY.
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