Anna Mae Janzen
Obituary
Anna Mae Janzen, 91, died Friday (Feb.
22, 2019) at Schowalter Villa, Hesston. She was born Feb. 24, 1927,
in Marion County, the daughter of Edmund and Agatha Schmidt Hiebert.
She was a graduate of Goessel High School.
A homemaker most of her life, Anna was
a member of Kingdom Life Ministries, on the board of the Rocky
Mountain Mennonite Camp, a member of Spring Lake Resort and a member
of Golden Agers. She also knitted for Newton Medical Auxiliary.
She married Floyd Janzen on April 5,
1951, at Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel. He passed away Dec.
21, 2016.
Survivors include three daughters,
Sheryl (Kim) Shantz of Phoenix, Kayleen (Rick) Curey of Michigan
Center, Michigan, and Amy (Richard) Duerksen of Newton; a brother,
John Hiebert of Beatrice, Nebraska; stepsisters, Mary Richert and
Susan Voth, both of Goessel; stepbrother, Henry Dueck of Arizona;
nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her
parents; stepmother, Susanna Hiebert; a son, Ed Janzen; brothers,
Salmon and Erwin Hiebert; and sisters, Sylvia Goertz, Velma Flaming
and Lela Goertz.
Funeral services will be held at 10
a.m. Thursday (Feb. 28, 2019) at the Kingdom Life Ministries,
Hesston. Burial will follow at Hesston City Cemetery. Family will
receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 27, 2019) at
Miller-Ott Funeral Home, Hesston.
Memorial contributions may be made to
the Mennonite Central Committee or Ethnos 360, both in care of the
funeral home.
