Gertrude Mae Jantz

May 28, 1919      January 25, 2008
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Name = Clifford Koehn
E-mail = cekoehn@pldi.net
Memorial Name = Gertrude Jantz
Comments = Leon, I'm sorry that your wife has passed away. WE wish you the Lord's blessing.
Clifford Koehn, Grew up at Carnegie.

Name = Jamie Barr
E-mail = jamieb@bankofkremlin.com
Phone Number = 580-747-7315
Memorial Name = Gertrude Jantz
Comments = I am so sorry for the loss of your beloved family member.  You are in my thoughts and
prayers

Name = Carolyn Wayman Ames
E-mail = cames@pldi.net
Phone Number = 580 994 5907
Memorial Name = Gertrude Jantz
Comments = Leon and Family,
What special memories I have of Gertrude. Your house was always open to Kenneth's
friends and we so enjoyed the great times we shared with you all as we were growing up-
She always had a smile on her face amd something for us to eat,plus the kitchen was a
great gathering place for us to visit. God Bless you all and know you are in my thoughts
and prayers.


Name = Jody LeCrone
E-mail = javelin_69@hotmail.com
Memorial Name = Gertrude Jantz
Comments = We would like to extend our condolences to the entire family.   
Jody and Jeannie LeCrone
Goltry-Funeral service for Gertrude Mae Jantz, age 88, will be Wednesday,
January 30, 2008 at 2:00 P.M. at the Helena Church of Christ.  Burial will follow at
Karoma Cemetery southeast of Goltry with arrangements by Lanman Funeral
Home, Inc. of Helena.  Viewing will be Monday from 1:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M.,
Tuesday from 10:00 A.M. until 8:00 P.M. with the family present from 6:00 P.M.
until 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home and before and after the service at the
church.

Gertrude was born on May 28, 1919 in Greensburg, Kansas to David Dirks and
Lena Schmidt Dirks and passed from this life on January 25, 2008 at Great Plains
Care Center in Helena.    She had lived in this area since her teenage years.  On
August 2, 1941 Gertrude married Leon Jantz in Anadarko.   She was a homemaker
who enjoyed caring for her family.   She was a member of the Helena Church of
Christ.

Gertrude is survived by her husband, Leon Jantz of Goltry; three children,
Gordon Jantz and wife, Carol of O’Fallon, Illinois, Jane Ging and husband, Mike
of Helena and Carol (Jantz) Swopes and husband, John of Newkirk; ten
grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; one
brother, Ernest Dirks and wife, Twilla of Stillwater.

She was preceded in death by her parents, David and Lena Dirks and one son,
Kenneth Ray Jantz.

Memorials may be given to National Multiple Sclerosis Society or the Alzheimer’s
Foundation through the funeral home.
Lanman Funeral Home, Inc
309 E. 4th
Helena, OK 73741
580-852-3212