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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