Happy, busy life in new, Indian country is best remembered by Mrs. Lena Jantz Harrell who came with her family by train to Pauls Valley in the Indian Territory in 1892. She was born Dec. 15, 1884, near Moundridge, Kans. The Jantz family came to the home place south of Fort Cobb in 1895 and helped develop what was to be Caddo county. Later after she married Mr. Harrell, they operated their farm between Colony and Hydro for several years before returning to farm in the Alden community. Since Mr. Harrell's death she has made her home in Carnegie.
Thursday, January 6, 1977
Funeral for Lena Harrell, 92, who died Tuesday in a nursing home here, will be at 2 p.m. today in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Gerald Peters officiating. Burial will be in Carnegie Cemetery under direction of Pitcher Funeral Home.
Mrs. Harrell was born Dec. 15, 1884, in Kansas. She had lived in the Carnegie area for about 50 years. Her husband, Harvey Harrell, died in 1953.
Survivors include one brother, Dan Jantz of Bethany; four sisters: Anna Foglestram, Cashmere, Wash., Thilbena Janz, Inola, Mary Schmidt, Carnegie, and Kate Unruh of Meno, Okla.
Happy, busy life in new, Indian country is best remembered by Mrs. Lena Jantz Harrell who came with her family by train to Pauls Valley in the Indian Territory in 1892. She was born Dec. 15, 1884, near Moundridge, Kans. The Jantz family came to the home place south of Fort Cobb in 1895 and helped develop what was to be Caddo county. Later after she married Mr. Harrell, they operated their farm between Colony and Hydro for several years before returning to farm in the Alden community. Since Mr. Harrell's death she has made her home in Carnegie.
Thursday, January 6, 1977
Funeral for Lena Harrell, 92, who died Tuesday in a nursing home here, will be at 2 p.m. today in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Gerald Peters officiating. Burial will be in Carnegie Cemetery under direction of Pitcher Funeral Home.
Mrs. Harrell was born Dec. 15, 1884, in Kansas. She had lived in the Carnegie area for about 50 years. Her husband, Harvey Harrell, died in 1953.
Survivors include one brother, Dan Jantz of Bethany; four sisters: Anna Foglestram, Cashmere, Wash., Thilbena Janz, Inola, Mary Schmidt, Carnegie, and Kate Unruh of Meno, Okla.
Family Members
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Peter J. Jantz
1883–1969
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Mrs Minnie Jantz Schmidt
1886–1966
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Susanna Jantz Base
1887–1912
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Benjamin John Jantz
1888–1971
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Cornelius J Jantz
1891–1944
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Mary Jantz Schmidt
1892–1977
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William J. "Bill" Jantz
1894–1968
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Daniel J Jantz
1896–1988
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Samuel J. Jantz
1897–1968
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Anna Jantz Fogelstrom
1899–1989
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Katherine "Kate" Jantz Unruh
1901–1982
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Philbena Jantz Janz
1904–1999
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Lewis J. Jantz
1905–1972
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