John M. Jantz

copy; Enid Morning News

02-1970

Submitted by: Jo Aguirre

John M. Jantz, 79, Meno, died in a Fairview hospital early Sunday morning following a week's illness.

Born in Moundridge, Kansas, he moved to a claim south of Meno staked by his father at the opening of the Cherokee Strip. He had farmed in the Meno community his entire life. He attended the Lone Elm School.

He married the former Mary Becker on March 18, 1917 in the West New Hopedale Mennonite Church. He was a member of the Grace Bible Chapel in Meno.

Survivors include his wife, Mary, of the home south of Meno; three daughters, Mrs. Ralph (Ruby) Everett, La Crescenta, California, Mrs. Wanda Koehn, Portland, Oregon, and Mrs. Leonard (Vada) Decker, Enid; a son, Aldee Jantz, Dallas, Texas; seven grandchildren and three great – grandchildren; three brothers, then W. Jantz, Meno, Dave Jantz, Chehalis, Washington, and Willie Jantz, Fairview, and two sisters, Lydia Jantz, Meno, and Mrs. David (Anna) Unruh, Perryton, Texas.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, a sister and three brothers.

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 PM in the Grace Mennonite Church in Enid, with Rev. Larry Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Henninger – Allen Funeral Home.

|Memorial Park Cemetery Page| |Garfield County Cemetery Page| |Home|

---

This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2024 Oklahoma Cemeteries

The information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.