Lester George JANES

Enid News and Eagle Enid, Garfield Co., OK

Submitted by: Jo AGUIRRE

OBITUARY

The funeral service for Lester George Janes, 96, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 20, 2002, at the Zoar Mennonite Church in Goltry, Oklahoma. Pastor Gary Eastin will officiate. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, Oklahoma with arrangements by Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.

Lester was born January 24, 1906, and died August 17, 2002, at Greenbrier Nursing Home. He was the son of Albert C. and Lizzie Kroeker Janes. He was born and raised south of Goltry and attended the 103rd District County School.

He loved baseball and played on a town team until he was approximately 40 years old. He had the good fortune of playing at the semi-pro park on Lahoma Road, where K-Mart is now located in Enid. Lester married Malinda Schultz in 1926 and they had three sons. Malinda preceded him in death on May 10, 1979. He then married Mildred Wilson on March 28, 1980, who preceded him in deth on March 8, 2002.

He lived and farmed Northeast of Goltry from 1927 until 1992 when he and Mildred moved to the town of Goltry. He attended the Zoar Mennonite Church.

He is survived by two sons and their wives, Gary and Dorothy and Gaylon and Kathy, all of Enid, Oklahoma. Six granchildren, Kent and Shari Janes, Karen and Alan Clepper, Tony and Gretchen Janes, Terry, Darren and Dustin Janes, five great grandchildren; Kourtney, Nichole, Brandon, Leah and Kyle, three sisters, Marie Buller, Helen Pekrul and Lorene Unruh, five step-grandchildren, Billy, Dale and Jack Wilson, Sheri Kent and Angela Harris, numerous nieces and nephews and other relatives.

He was preceded in death by his wives, Malinda and Mildred; his son, Olin; granddaughter Roxie Lee; sister Mable; and three brothers, Clyde, Fay and Leonard.

Lester enjoyed driving his tractor and farming. When he retired from farming he loved mowing his yerd. His gran-children remember him as an ornery, loving and fun grandfather. They will cherish him in their hearts for ever.

Memorials may be made to Hospice Circle of Love, Enid or Zoar Mennonite Church, Goltry with Brown-Cummings Funeral Home serving as custodian of the funds.