A Poem In Memory Of Lena Jantz Boston,
Whose Ancestors Came To America From Polish Russia
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am the birds that sing
I am in each gentle thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there. I did not die.
~ Mary Frye
______________________________________________
Lena Elizabeth Boston, 94, died Sunday, Nov. 30, 2003.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. Georgia St., with the Rev. Robert Burns, pastor of Amarillo Bible Church, and Bud Jackson, fellow member and longtime Sunday school teacher, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Boston died just two weeks short of her 95th birthday. She was one of six children born to Tobias and Mary Jantz in Taloga, Okla., on Dec. 13, 1908. She was the widow of the late Louis C. Boston, who passed away in 1989, and the devoted mother to her three children.
Lena Boston regularly attended church at Amarillo Bible Church, where she had been a member for more than 50 years. Usually active even into her 90s, Lena Boston was a member of McDowell Music Club, Amarillo Senior Citizens and met weekly with her friends at Widows and Widowers Club.
Musically talented, Lena Boston played acoustic and steel guitars, drums and piano, and had been giving free piano lessons to deserving students as recently as August 2003. In recent years, Mrs. Boston had also sometimes been a drummer in the senior band.
Survivors include a daughter, Joyce Marie Gatlin and husband, Wayne, of Amarillo; two sons, Raymond L. Boston and wife, Starr, of Amarillo and Jason L. Boston of Grandview, Mo.; a sister, Caroline Bernice Jantzen of Enid, Okla.; two grandsons, Jantz E. Boston of Grandview and Michael R. Boston and wife, Beth, of Amarillo; and two great-grandchildren, Edward Michael and DiAnna Starr Boston.
The family suggests memorials be to Amarillo Bible Church, 1300 W. 15th Ave., Amarillo, TX 79102.
Source:
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 2, 2003)_____________________________________________
New Hopedale Mennonite Church Record
Father: Tobias B. Jantz
born 29 Sept 1871 Russia
Baptized Harvey Co. KS.
Married Nov 27, 1904
Mother: Maria Koehn
Born Dec. 31, 1882
Baptized May 26, 1901
Children:
Anna Jantz
Born Oct. 10, 1905, Meno, OK
Baptized July 20, 1924
Frank
Born May 18, 1907
Lena Jantz
Born Dec 13, 1911 Taloga, OK
Rosa Jantz
Born March 31, 1911 Taloga, OK
Caroline Jantz
Born: March 27, 1915, Goltry, OK
Irvin Jantz
Born: Sept. 4, 1920, Meno, OK
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Tobias Jantz (b. September 29, 1871, d. March 23, 1941)
Tobias Jantz (son of Benjamin P Jantz and Helena Koehn) was born September 29, 1871 in Karolswalde, Volhynia, and died March 23, 1941. He married Maria Koehn on November 27, 1904, daughter of Andreas P. Koehn and Anna Schmidt.
More About Tobias Jantz and Maria Koehn:
Marriage: November 27, 1904
Whose Ancestors Came To America From Polish Russia
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am the birds that sing
I am in each gentle thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there. I did not die.
~ Mary Frye
______________________________________________
Lena Elizabeth Boston, 94, died Sunday, Nov. 30, 2003.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. Georgia St., with the Rev. Robert Burns, pastor of Amarillo Bible Church, and Bud Jackson, fellow member and longtime Sunday school teacher, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Boston died just two weeks short of her 95th birthday. She was one of six children born to Tobias and Mary Jantz in Taloga, Okla., on Dec. 13, 1908. She was the widow of the late Louis C. Boston, who passed away in 1989, and the devoted mother to her three children.
Lena Boston regularly attended church at Amarillo Bible Church, where she had been a member for more than 50 years. Usually active even into her 90s, Lena Boston was a member of McDowell Music Club, Amarillo Senior Citizens and met weekly with her friends at Widows and Widowers Club.
Musically talented, Lena Boston played acoustic and steel guitars, drums and piano, and had been giving free piano lessons to deserving students as recently as August 2003. In recent years, Mrs. Boston had also sometimes been a drummer in the senior band.
Survivors include a daughter, Joyce Marie Gatlin and husband, Wayne, of Amarillo; two sons, Raymond L. Boston and wife, Starr, of Amarillo and Jason L. Boston of Grandview, Mo.; a sister, Caroline Bernice Jantzen of Enid, Okla.; two grandsons, Jantz E. Boston of Grandview and Michael R. Boston and wife, Beth, of Amarillo; and two great-grandchildren, Edward Michael and DiAnna Starr Boston.
The family suggests memorials be to Amarillo Bible Church, 1300 W. 15th Ave., Amarillo, TX 79102.
Source:
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 2, 2003)_____________________________________________
New Hopedale Mennonite Church Record
Father: Tobias B. Jantz
born 29 Sept 1871 Russia
Baptized Harvey Co. KS.
Married Nov 27, 1904
Mother: Maria Koehn
Born Dec. 31, 1882
Baptized May 26, 1901
Children:
Anna Jantz
Born Oct. 10, 1905, Meno, OK
Baptized July 20, 1924
Frank
Born May 18, 1907
Lena Jantz
Born Dec 13, 1911 Taloga, OK
Rosa Jantz
Born March 31, 1911 Taloga, OK
Caroline Jantz
Born: March 27, 1915, Goltry, OK
Irvin Jantz
Born: Sept. 4, 1920, Meno, OK
____________________________________________
Tobias Jantz (b. September 29, 1871, d. March 23, 1941)
Tobias Jantz (son of Benjamin P Jantz and Helena Koehn) was born September 29, 1871 in Karolswalde, Volhynia, and died March 23, 1941. He married Maria Koehn on November 27, 1904, daughter of Andreas P. Koehn and Anna Schmidt.
More About Tobias Jantz and Maria Koehn:
Marriage: November 27, 1904
A Poem In Memory Of Lena Jantz Boston,
Whose Ancestors Came To America From Polish Russia
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am the birds that sing
I am in each gentle thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there. I did not die.
~ Mary Frye
______________________________________________
Lena Elizabeth Boston, 94, died Sunday, Nov. 30, 2003.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. Georgia St., with the Rev. Robert Burns, pastor of Amarillo Bible Church, and Bud Jackson, fellow member and longtime Sunday school teacher, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Boston died just two weeks short of her 95th birthday. She was one of six children born to Tobias and Mary Jantz in Taloga, Okla., on Dec. 13, 1908. She was the widow of the late Louis C. Boston, who passed away in 1989, and the devoted mother to her three children.
Lena Boston regularly attended church at Amarillo Bible Church, where she had been a member for more than 50 years. Usually active even into her 90s, Lena Boston was a member of McDowell Music Club, Amarillo Senior Citizens and met weekly with her friends at Widows and Widowers Club.
Musically talented, Lena Boston played acoustic and steel guitars, drums and piano, and had been giving free piano lessons to deserving students as recently as August 2003. In recent years, Mrs. Boston had also sometimes been a drummer in the senior band.
Survivors include a daughter, Joyce Marie Gatlin and husband, Wayne, of Amarillo; two sons, Raymond L. Boston and wife, Starr, of Amarillo and Jason L. Boston of Grandview, Mo.; a sister, Caroline Bernice Jantzen of Enid, Okla.; two grandsons, Jantz E. Boston of Grandview and Michael R. Boston and wife, Beth, of Amarillo; and two great-grandchildren, Edward Michael and DiAnna Starr Boston.
The family suggests memorials be to Amarillo Bible Church, 1300 W. 15th Ave., Amarillo, TX 79102.
Source:
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 2, 2003)_____________________________________________
New Hopedale Mennonite Church Record
Father: Tobias B. Jantz
born 29 Sept 1871 Russia
Baptized Harvey Co. KS.
Married Nov 27, 1904
Mother: Maria Koehn
Born Dec. 31, 1882
Baptized May 26, 1901
Children:
Anna Jantz
Born Oct. 10, 1905, Meno, OK
Baptized July 20, 1924
Frank
Born May 18, 1907
Lena Jantz
Born Dec 13, 1911 Taloga, OK
Rosa Jantz
Born March 31, 1911 Taloga, OK
Caroline Jantz
Born: March 27, 1915, Goltry, OK
Irvin Jantz
Born: Sept. 4, 1920, Meno, OK
____________________________________________
Tobias Jantz (b. September 29, 1871, d. March 23, 1941)
Tobias Jantz (son of Benjamin P Jantz and Helena Koehn) was born September 29, 1871 in Karolswalde, Volhynia, and died March 23, 1941. He married Maria Koehn on November 27, 1904, daughter of Andreas P. Koehn and Anna Schmidt.
More About Tobias Jantz and Maria Koehn:
Marriage: November 27, 1904
Whose Ancestors Came To America From Polish Russia
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am the birds that sing
I am in each gentle thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there. I did not die.
~ Mary Frye
______________________________________________
Lena Elizabeth Boston, 94, died Sunday, Nov. 30, 2003.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. Georgia St., with the Rev. Robert Burns, pastor of Amarillo Bible Church, and Bud Jackson, fellow member and longtime Sunday school teacher, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Boston died just two weeks short of her 95th birthday. She was one of six children born to Tobias and Mary Jantz in Taloga, Okla., on Dec. 13, 1908. She was the widow of the late Louis C. Boston, who passed away in 1989, and the devoted mother to her three children.
Lena Boston regularly attended church at Amarillo Bible Church, where she had been a member for more than 50 years. Usually active even into her 90s, Lena Boston was a member of McDowell Music Club, Amarillo Senior Citizens and met weekly with her friends at Widows and Widowers Club.
Musically talented, Lena Boston played acoustic and steel guitars, drums and piano, and had been giving free piano lessons to deserving students as recently as August 2003. In recent years, Mrs. Boston had also sometimes been a drummer in the senior band.
Survivors include a daughter, Joyce Marie Gatlin and husband, Wayne, of Amarillo; two sons, Raymond L. Boston and wife, Starr, of Amarillo and Jason L. Boston of Grandview, Mo.; a sister, Caroline Bernice Jantzen of Enid, Okla.; two grandsons, Jantz E. Boston of Grandview and Michael R. Boston and wife, Beth, of Amarillo; and two great-grandchildren, Edward Michael and DiAnna Starr Boston.
The family suggests memorials be to Amarillo Bible Church, 1300 W. 15th Ave., Amarillo, TX 79102.
Source:
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 2, 2003)_____________________________________________
New Hopedale Mennonite Church Record
Father: Tobias B. Jantz
born 29 Sept 1871 Russia
Baptized Harvey Co. KS.
Married Nov 27, 1904
Mother: Maria Koehn
Born Dec. 31, 1882
Baptized May 26, 1901
Children:
Anna Jantz
Born Oct. 10, 1905, Meno, OK
Baptized July 20, 1924
Frank
Born May 18, 1907
Lena Jantz
Born Dec 13, 1911 Taloga, OK
Rosa Jantz
Born March 31, 1911 Taloga, OK
Caroline Jantz
Born: March 27, 1915, Goltry, OK
Irvin Jantz
Born: Sept. 4, 1920, Meno, OK
____________________________________________
Tobias Jantz (b. September 29, 1871, d. March 23, 1941)
Tobias Jantz (son of Benjamin P Jantz and Helena Koehn) was born September 29, 1871 in Karolswalde, Volhynia, and died March 23, 1941. He married Maria Koehn on November 27, 1904, daughter of Andreas P. Koehn and Anna Schmidt.
More About Tobias Jantz and Maria Koehn:
Marriage: November 27, 1904
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