Lubin W . Jantzen
HESSTON - Lubin W. Jantzen, 90, died
Sunday (Feb. 25, 2007) at Schowalter Villa in Hesston.
He was born May 25, 1916, near Paso
Robles, Calif. to Frank F. and Anna Wiebe Jantzen. He married Matilda
("Tillie") Muller, and served with her as a missionary in
India with the General Conference Mennonite Church for 36 years. They
arrived in India in 1947, the year of India's independence, and left
India in 1982. They recently celebrated 63 years of marriage. In his
mission work in India, he served as a village evangelist, high school
administrator, church planter and business manager at Union Biblical
Seminary in Pune. After returning to the U.S., he served as a pastor
at Emmaus Mennonite Church in Whitewater and First Mennonite Church
in Newton. Lubin and Tillie together wrote and published their
autobiography, "Guided Lives: Memoirs of a Mennonite Missionary
Couple to India," in 2004. He attended Biola College and the
University of California at Los Angeles. On furloughs in the U.S., he
obtained a master's degree in education at Arizona State University,
and did course work in South Asian Studies at the University of
Pennsylvania.
Survivors included his wife, who
continues to live at Schowalter Villa; a daughter, Esther Jantzen of
Pomona, Calif.; and three sons, Dan and Betty Jantzen of Arvada
Colo.; Jim and Susan Jantzen of Newton and Jonathan and Mary Beth
Jantzen of Tucson, Ariz.; a sister, Anne of Stockton, Calif.; seven
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m.
Friday at Petersen's Funeral Home in Newton with the family present
from 5 to 8 p.m.
Service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at
First Mennonite Church in Newton, to be followed by a burial at
Restlawn Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to
the Cooperating Home Board for Union Biblical Seminary (CHBUBS), in
care of Barry Ross, Treasurer, 1320 Wilkes Drive Anderson, Ind.
46013, or to First Mennonite Church In Newton.
