Children of Lawrence Mathis and Dorothy Mathilda Plumoff Gerwitz

Kathleen Leola, born August 1, 1944 in Baltimore, MD.  On November 5, 1966 she married Louis James Wanner, Jr. born September 30, 1946, in Baltimore, MD, son of Louis James Wanner and Vivian Estelle Godsey Wanner.

He enlisted in the Navy in 1964.  He attained the rank of E-6, electricians Mate 1^st Class.  He spent his enlistment at various duty stations mainly on the East Coast.  He finished his enlistment in October 1972 with an honorable discharge at the Philadelphia Naval Station where he taught NBC Warfare Defense for 3 years.

Kathleen graduated Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School with a Diploma and cosmetology license.  She graduated 1^st in her class.  When she met Jim, she became a homemaker and mother.  For 3 years, she worked at Municipal County Clerk for Elsinboro Township in her home in Salem County, NJ.

I, Kathy, am adding on March 10, 1996 that I have been fighting colon cancer for 6 years.  I was first stricken in May 1990 and had a recurrence that was diagnosed in September 1995 and successfully treated in October and November 1995.  One of the reasons I am updating this record is the importance to the future generations which has gone before.

1999 Update:  Kathy passed away on January 24, 1999 from Colon Cancer.  She fought to live for a very long time, that stubborn Gerwitz trait.

Children: (see separate pages)

James Lawrence, born November 11, 1970 in Philadelphia, PA.  We were living in Cherry Hill at the time.  Jimmy created a stir at the Naval Hospital by wanting to be born on a military holiday, Veterans Day.

Amy Lynn, born April 3, 1972 in Philadelphia PA. We were living in Salem, NJ by this time.

Edward Lawrence, born September 16, 1947 (on his father’s birthday), in Baltimore, MD.  On November 24, 1966 he married Carole Lucille Dodson, born December 13, 1947, daughter of Raymond Elwood Dodson and Gertrude M. Wikes.

Edward graduated from Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School where he trained as a draftsman.  He later changed fields and now works as a technical mechanic for Porsche Motors.  He served in the Maryland Air National Guard from 1966 to 1972.  He was stationed at Martin Airport, Baltimore, MD.  He was discharged with the rank of Staff Sgt.

Children (See separate pages):

Jeffrey Edward, born April 14, 1969 in Baltimore, MD

Jodi Lyn, born March 27, 1972 in Baltimore, MD

Edward and Carole were divorced in 1972.  Carole has remarried.

On June 12, 1982, Edward married Bonnie Gail Umbach, born November 12, 1957 in Baltimore, MD, daughter of Roger Williams Umbach and Mary Anne Johnson.  They bought a home in historic Glyndon, MD and began the long process of restoring it.  They divorced in 1985.  They had no children.

On October 26, 1996, Edward married Gay Zeigler, born December 3, 1949.  They were married in a stone chapel in Westminster, MD that was built before the Civil War.  They have built a beautiful home on Carroll County, MD.

Dorothy Mary, born November 25, 1948, in Baltimore, MD.  On October 25, 1981, she married Gerry Pardee Fielder, born February 14, 1942 in Philadelphia PA, son of Robert H. Fielder and Hazel Massey.  Gerry moved to Delaware with his parents and two sisters in 1944 and then to Baltimore in 1956.

Gerry enlisted in the US Army in 1969 and served in Okinawa prior to his discharge in 1971.  He is currently a letter carrier with the US Postal Service.  He has three children, Kirk, Paula and Kenneth from a previous marriage.

Dotti and Gerry lived in Ellicot City, Howard County, MD after their marriage until March 22, 1983 when they bought a home in Catonsville, Baltimore County, MD.  Dotti works for a small computer company in Ellicot City, MD as office manager/Jill of all trades.