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| Lester George JANES |
Enid News and Eagle
Enid, Garfield Co., OK
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| 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.
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