Jantzen, Wilma Lichti (1905-1987)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 3 Sep 1987 p. 11

Birth date: 1905

text of obituary:

WILMA LICHTI JANTZEN

Wilma Lichti Jantzen was born Dec. 17, 1905, at Lucien, Okla., the youngest of four children born to John and Levina Lichti. She learned to know her Lord Jesus Christ at an early age and was baptized at Deer Creek Mennonite Church as a teenager.

She graduated from high school at Medford, Okla., and later graduated from Bethel College, North Newton, Kan. She taught high school in Kansas for four years.

At Bethel College she met Albert Jantzen, and on June 2, 1934, they were married in Medford, Okla. They lived together for 53 years. The Lord blessed them with two children, Grace and Lyman, and three grandsons.

They served the Lord in several churches and mission schools in China and on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona. In 1970, they moved from Hopiland to Flagstaff, where they served 10 more years at Mt. Eden Christian Conference Center.

In November 1979, they moved to Glencroft, where they enjoyed their life together until the Lord took her home on Aug. 8, 1987.

She always expressed a cheerful, friendly and positive attitude. No person was a stranger around her for long. She enjoyed good health until the last few months of her life, during which time she remained steadfast in her Christian faith.

Transcribed by Ralph Shetler, Oregon