Janzen, Henry George (1892-1973)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1 Mar 1973 p. 11

Birth date: 1892 Sep 24

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HENRY G. JANZEN

Henry George Janzen was born in McPherson County, Kansas on Sept. 24, 1892, the son of George William and Mary Unruh Janzen. He died on Jan. 17, 1973 at the age of 80.

Surviving are his widow, Martha, of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Verna Bargdill of Fort Worth, Texas, and Mrs. Mildred Olson, Dodge City, Kan.; one son, George V. of El Paso, Texas; two brothers, Curt Janzen of Buhler, Kan. and Herbert Janzen of Hutchinson, Kan.; 11 grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, six great-grandchildren.

Henry attended grade school in Buhler and completed his education at Reno County High School in Nickerson in 1913. He was called into the Army in May 1918 and served at Camp Lewis, Washington until he was honorably discharged on April 24, 1919.

He was married to Martha Vogt on May 6, 1919 in Hutchinson and they celebrated their 50^th wedding anniversary in 1969.

Henry was appointed rural mail carrier of Route 1 at Buhler, Kan. on July 1, 1925 and served his patrons until Feb. 1, 1935 when he was transferred to Route 1, Sylvia, Kan. After a 37-year career as a rural mail carrier, he made his last trip Sept. 29, 1962 and retired at age 70. He had traveled over 600,000 miles, stopped by weather only once, and all this with an enviable 32-year safety record.

He was a loyal and active member of Trinity United Methodist Church of Hutchinson. He was a member of the Kansas Rural Letter Carriers Assn. for 47 years and was elected president for two terms, in 1960 and 1961.

Always a kind and loving husband, dad, and grandad, his jovial spirit and friendliness will be missed for, as it were, “he never met a stranger.” ---The Family.