Obituary

Marjorie J. Jantz, 92, passed away on Sept. 12, 2014.  Marjorie was born on March 31, 1922, in Newton, to Paul and Margaretha (Ensz) Enz. She graduated from Newton High school and attended Bethel College in North Newton. Marjorie married Willard Kurt Jantz on June 2, 1943. They resided in Wichita, where they raised their three children until 1965, when they moved to Prairie Village.

She was project director of Johnson County Retired Senior Volunteer program, Assistant Director of Metropolitan RVSP, co-director of the Johnson County Volunteer Bureau Agencies for Senior Awareness, consultant for the Johnson County Parks Senior Discount Program, Senior Arts Council and Arts Festival, and a chairman for Johnson County Commission on Aging and the Advisory Council to the Kansas Department of Aging. At Shepard's Center of Shawnee Mission, she served as president and treasurer of the Board. Marjorie helped establish Johnson County Older Women's League (O.W.L.). She served on numerous boards: Services for Seniors Inc.; Legal Assistance for Senior Adults Inc.; Associated Youth Services, Sharing Community Rosedale Inc.; Human Resources Task Force; and Western District Conference Pastoral Committee.  Marjorie received honors, including "Senior Intern" to Washington, D.C., in the Close Up program; J.C. Penney's Award for Community Service, and the Shepherd's Center Hall of Fame. She was a member of the Prairie Village Lions Club. She was a former member of the Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church in Wichita and a current member of the Rainbow Mennonite Church. Marjorie was passionately committed to her family, community and her church.

She is survived by her three children, Margaret (Nelson) Gingerich, Anchorage, Alaska, Kurt (Susie) Jantz, Wichita, Dr. Keith (Rebecca) Jantz, Leawood; grandchildren, Angelina (Kendell) Warren, Petersburg, Virginia, Brenda (Ryan) Henneberg, Wichita, Scott (Molly) Jantz, Elmhurst, Illinois, Mark (Taryn) Hansen, Portland, Oregon, Shannon Jantz, Shreveport, Louisiana, Taylor Jantz, Nashville, Tennessee; and nine great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Willard Kurt Jantz; grandson, Kyle Jantz; and sister, Lucile Enz.

Memorial services will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, at Rainbow Mennonite Church, 1444 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66103. Visitation will follow. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Rainbow Mennonite Church. Arrangements by McGilley State Line Chapel, 12301 State Line Road, Kansas City, MO 64145.