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Jantzen, Margie L

The Newton Kansan

Margie L. Jantzen

Margie L. Jantzen, 77, died Sunday (July 22, 2007) in Newton. She was born on March 17, 1930, to Nelson and Rena Wedel. During her childhood, she lived with her parents on a farm near Ringwood, Okla. She attended West New Hopedale Mennonite Church with her parents, where, at an early age, she accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her savior and was baptized. Her education began in a one-room school near her parent's farm. She attended high school at Oklahoma Bible Academy, which was then located in Meno, Okla. After graduating from the academy, she attended Grace Bible Institute in Omaha, Neb. for three years, where she studied Christian education. She then transferred to Phillips University in Enid, Okla., where she received her teaching degree.

Her teaching career began at Progressive School near Fairview, Okla., where she taught first and second grade for nine years and carried with her many happy memories of those days.

She married Harold H. Jantzen on June 2, 1961. They lived in Kismet from 1961 to 1994 and were founding members of Calvary Mennonite Church in Liberal. She taught first grade at Kismet Elementary School where Harold also was a teacher and later, principal of the school. She left teaching when she and Harold received their first child, Lois. She relished her role as a mother and only returned to teaching after both her children had entered junior high. She then taught kindergarten in Plains for 13 years, retiring, along with her husband in 1994.

During the first few years of their retirement, they lived in Enid, before moving to Newton in 1999 to be near their children. In March 2006, they moved into Presbyterian Manor where her health deteriorated rapidly. She went to be with the lord on July 22, 2007, and even though we will miss her greatly, we rejoice that she is in heaven.

She leaves behind her husband; a daughter, Lois; a grandson, Byron; a son, David and wife Bethany; and grandchildren, Michael, Christopher and Samantha.

Service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Indian Creek Village near Ringwood with the Rev. Dennis Treat and the Rev. Shorty Unruh officiating. Burial will follow at West New Hopedale Cemetery near Ringwood.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to The Margie Jantzen Children's Foundation, which will provide funds to assist families with school fees in USD 483 in care of Henninger-Allen Funeral Home, 601 W. Broadway, Enid, OK 73701. Condolences may be made at www.enidwecare.com.


Owner of originalHarvey County Genealogical Society
Date25 Jul 2007
Linked toMargie L (Wedel) Jantzen

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