Austin Kolb "Pete" Mantz Jr

December 21, 1930 - July 6, 2018

Austin Kolb “Pete” Mantz Jr., 87, of Edinburg, passed away Friday, July 6, 2018 at Winchester Medical Center. A memorial service will be held Sunday, July 15 at 3:00 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 321 Headquarters Road, Edinburg. Pastors Katie Gosswein and Brian Duncan will officiate. Burial with military honors will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Mantz was born December 21, 1930 in Frederick County, Maryland, son of the late Austin Kolb Mantz and Nanie May Tracy Mantz. He was a retired CPO Electricians Mate with the US Navy and retired from Johns Manville. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church where he served on the council, former farm manager and served on many committees. He was a member of Woodstock American Legion, the Wednesday Morning Prayer Breakfast Group at Ben Franklin and a former member of the Columbia Furnace Community Club. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marian Virginia Dellinger Mantz and son, Kenneth Andes. Pete is survived by three children, Brenda Andes Wren and husband David, Keith Andes and Austin K. Mantz and wife Ruth all of Edinburg; two sisters, Mary Anna Mantz Burgee of Frederick County, MD, and Wilma Catherine Mantz Phebus and husband Clark of Paw Paw, WV; four grandchildren, Michelle Bulatko, Joseph Reynolds, Chyia Andes and Kaitlin Mantz; seven great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to your charity of choice.