Philip Frank Kantz
Birth: July 14 (Bastille Day!, Fête nationale, Quatorze juillet), 1922 Harlem, New York County (Manhattan), New York
Death: October 4, 1968 Morrisania Hospital, 50 East 168th Street, Bronx, New York 10452 (closed 1976), hit by car Third Avenue 75' south of East 164th Street, Morrisania, Bronx County, New York
"So soon may I follow,
When friendships decay,
And from Love's shining circle
The gems drop away.
When true hearts lie withered,
And fond ones are flown,
Oh! who would inhabit
This bleak world alone?"
---from 'The Last Rose of Summer' (1805) by the supernal Irish genius Thomas Moore alias Anacreon Moore (1779-1852)
Philip Frank Kantz aka Philip F. Kantz aka Philip Kantz aka Phil Kantz, born Harlem Hospital, 506 Lenox Avenue, New York, New York 10037 14 July 1922; died Morrisania Hospital, 50 East 168th Street, Bronx, New York 10452-7929 4 October 1968.
Graduate of Incarnation School, 570 West 175th Street, New York, New York 10033-8026 and The High School of Commerce, 155 West 65th Street, New York, New York 10023-6905.
Parents:
Gustav Kantz first married Louise F. C. Kahl (1882 – 8 March 1909) on 1 July 1906 (marriage certificate number 16317), at the St. George's Episcopal Church parish house, 207 East 16th Street New York, New York 10003-3746. Her burial location is Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 1244 Map 3A.
They had two children:
William Kantz (28 March 1907 died at five hours old, birth certificate number 16400, death certificate 10949), burial location Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 1244, Map 3A,
and
Margaret Anna Green née Kantz (New York, New York 14 July 1908 – Los Angeles, California 27 June 1959, burial location Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 West Centinela Avenue, Culver City (or Los Angeles), California 90045, Valley of Remembrance 16-882-3) whose spouse was Fischel Grunbaum aka Fischel Grünbaum mūtātō nōmine Philip Edward Green aka Philip E. Green aka Philip Green aka Phil Green (Lodzkie, Poland 15 December 1906 - 4 October 1962, burial place Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 West Centinela Avenue, Culver City (or Los Angeles), California 90045, Valley of Remembrance 16-882-4). She converted to Judaism.
Margaret Anna and Philip Edward had two children:
Louis Robert Green (New York 30 October 1928 – North Carolina 11 August 1983). Louis Robert is buried in New Bern National Cemetery, 1711 National Avenue, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina 28560, Plot 8, 0, 6233.
and
Lorraine Green (?-?), nothing known.
Then he married Mary M. Kantz née Buckley "Nana" (city and county unknown, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 22 March 1888 – St. Elizabeth's Hospital (built 1926, went co-op in 1981), 689 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10040 28 February 1968) on 7 April 1912 (marriage certificate number 10210) at Church of the Annunciation, 88 Convent Avenue, New York, New York 10027-7520.
Gustav and Mary had three children:
1. Florence M. Leonard née Kantz 083-10-9714 (New York, New York 3 April 1916 - May 1972) married John J. Leonard Sr. (? - ?) on 29 August 1937 (marriage certificate number 19754) three children: Florence Brennan née Leonard (1949 -), John J. Leonard Jr. (1941 -2015), Philip T. Leonard (New York 2 August 1945 – Los Angeles, California 28 September 1970), in all cases burial locations unknown.
