Viola Volz

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John C. Volz (b. March 1872, MD; d.1938, Baltimore, MD) m. Amelia H. 1897 (b. October 1872, MD; d. 1942, Baltimore, MD) John Volz appears in the 1900 census as a farmer living on Franklin Avenue, in the 14^th District, near the Koppelmans. Both John and Amelia’s parents were born in Germany. A 1917 pamphlet celebrating Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church’s 75^th anniversary lists John Volz as a member, but they are buried in the cemetery of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church on Golden Ring Road. John and Amelia had five children:

1) Johanna Elvena Volz (b. March 1898, MD; d. ?)

2) Janetta Viola Volz (b. April 1900, MD; d. 1975) m. Frederick Koppelman 1924

(b. November 26, 1895, Baltimore Co., MD; d. August 20, 1944, Baltimore Co., MD)

Fred farmed with his father John Harman Koppelman and brother

George Elmer Koppelman, first on Franklin Avenue, then after 1920, in Rosedale.

G. Edward Koppelman, Jr., remembers Fred Koppelman as a kind, good-natured,

hard-working man. Among the four Koppelman brothers, Fred was closest to

William Herman Koppelman. Many photos depict them clowning and socializing.

Julia Koppelman Wald recalls that Viola sang and played the piano beautifully, filling

summer afternoons with music that floated out the farmhouse windows into the fields.

Fred and Viola had no children. They are buried in the Koppelman plot in Parkwood

Cemetery, Parkville, MD.

3) Carolina Alice Volz (b. approx. 1906, Baltimore Co., MD; d. ?)

4) Henry M. Volz (b. approx. 1909, Baltimore Co., MD; d. ?)

5) Roland M. Volz (b. approx. 1913, Baltimore, MD; d. ?)