50 | MARCH 3 • 2022 

B

lanche Gantz, 100, of 
Santa Barbara, Cali-
fornia, died Feb. 19, 
2022.
She passed away peaceful-
ly three months before her 
101st birthday. She lived a 
full, high-energy life filled 
with love and joy from her 
friends, family and dance. 
She was a strong, indepen-
dent, creative woman who 
loved socializing. 
Blanche grew up in 
Brook-lyn, N.Y., and moved 
to Detroit at age 9. She 
was a child performer in 
the Catskills, singing and 
dancing. She continued to 
perform in Detroit’s Yiddish 
theater and in private clubs. 
Her passion was tap danc-
ing. Although money was 
tight at that time, there was 
always enough for dance 
lessons. By high school, she 
earned enough to pay for pri-
vate lessons several times a 
week at Roth/Berdun Dance 
Studio. 
At age 20, she married 
Harry Gantz, who was her 
love for more 60 years, and 
raised two children in her 
new Oak Park home. She 
missed dancing and soon 
was hired by the PTA of 
Dewey School to teach after-
school dancing to elementary 
school children. News spread 
and Southfield and West 
Bloomfield schools asked her 
to teach their children. She 
taught thousands of children 
the love of dance. Her slogan: 
“Mrs. Gantz loves to Dance.” 
Blanche and Harry relo-
cated to Florida when they 
retired and moved into a 
new Century Village, where 
Blanche soon found herself 
teaching dance to seniors for 
a few years. She didn’t find 
them as much fun as the 

children. Their last move was 
to Santa Barbara to be near 
her daughter, for 15 lovely 
years. 
Blanche’s passions: tap 
dancing, summers in 
Charlevoix and Florida, her 
children, her grandchildren 
and her great-grandchildren. 
Blanche was predeceased 
by her husband, Harry Leo 
Gantz; her parents, Nathan 
and Becky Ratner; and her 
sister, Mollie Nucian. She 
is survived by her daugh-
ters, Joan Rosenberg-Dent 
(Gantz), Linda Amoore 
(Gantz); son-in-law, Thomas 
Dent; grandchildren, 
Eric, Matthew and Julie 
Rosenberg, Lisa Franchi, 
Cassie Amoore; and great 
grandchildren, Gabriel, Jesse, 
Levi, Tazio, Arianna and 
Alice. 
Contributions may 
be made to Front Porch 
Communities Foundation, 
VDM Resident Assistance 
Fund (in honor of Blanche 
Gantz), 3775 Modoc Road, 
Santa Barbara, CA, 93105. 
A funeral service was 
held at Hebrew Memorial 
Chapel. Interment took 
place at Clover Hill Park 
Cemetery in Birmingham. 
Arrangements by Hebrew 
Memorial Chapel. 

Devoted to Dance

Blanche Gantz 
c. 1939

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