John Emmons Blaine Wentz
Born Aug 4, 1881 in Bedford County, PA and died Oct 22, 1946 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA

Son of Isaac and Emily (Griffith) Wentz.

Brother of:
1) Nevin Wentz
2) Cora Wentz
3) Myrtle Wentz
4) Sarah Wentz

Husband of Alice Edith (Morgan) Wentz.

Blain and Alice had 7 children. They are in order of birth:
1) Velma Myrtle Wentz; b) Feb 2, 1904 in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio; d) Dec 11, 1927 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA of tuberculosis, age 23.
2) Ruth Lavanda Wentz; b) Apr 3, 1909 in Princess Anne, Somerset County, MD; d) Apr 22, 1975 in New Kensington, Indiana County, PA; married Harry Silvester Grove. They had no children.
3) Vera Lenore Wentz; b) Apr 13, 1912 in Pavia, Union Township, Bedford County, PA; d) Feb 2, 1993; married Raymond O. Hill on Jun 21, 1940 in New Alexandria, Westmoreland County, PA.
4) Olive Mae Wentz; d) Apr 10, 1919 in Cherry Hill Township, Indiana County, PA; d) Aug 8, 1996 at Inter Community Hospital in Newfane, NY but lived in Gasport NY; married Lisle Short.
5) Emily Elizabeth Wentz; b) May 17, 1922 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA; d) Aug 3, 2007 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA; married 3 times; 1st marriage in Jan 16, 1942 to Quinn Hess Jr (killed in WWII), 2nd marriage in 1948 to Blaine Emerson Nicewonger (drowned in NJ) and 3rd marriage in 1966 to Virgil Harrison Petitt.
6) Robert Emerson Wentz; b) Mar 10, 1924 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA; d) Feb 4, 1944 plane shot down in WWII over Sardinia Island, Italy; never married and no children.
7) Donald Edwin Wentz; b) Oct 9, 1930 in Indiana, Indiana County, PA; d) Feb 21, 2002 in Luthersburg, Clearfield County, PA; married twice; 1st marriage to JoAnn Marie Peters in 1957, 2nd marriage to Dianna Faye Rhine in 1998; no natural born children, one adopted son named Bob.