NAME: HENRY JANZ, AGE 88, LONGTIME ATOKA AND COAL COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 23, 1910, AT OKLAHOMA CITY TO ROBERT AND ELIZABETH JANZ. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1998, AT MARY HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 88 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM NORMAN HIGH SCHOOL, AND GRADUATED FROM OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY WHERE HE EXCELLED IN TRACK. MARRIED: MARY LOUISE COOK ON DECEMBER 24, 1941 AT ANTLERS, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED POSTAL EMPLOYEE. HENRY WAS A SERGEANT IN COMPANY C, 120TH ENGINEERS OF THE OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARD IN 1936. HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE SERVICE ABOUT A MONTH FOLLOWING JAPAN'S SURPRISE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. HE SERVED IN THE U. S. NAVY ON 4 DIFFERENT SHIPS AS AN ENSIGN. HE WAS ACTIVE IN BOTH WORLD WAR II AND KOREAN WARS. AFTER HIS MILITARY DUTY, HE RETURNED TO HIS PREVIOUS JOB AS A RAILWAY POSTAL CLERK OUT OF KANSAS CITY, MO. HE LATER WAS A SUPERVISOR AND WORKED MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS INCLUDING PRYOR, OK. WHEN THE RAILWAY POSTAL SERVICE WAS DISBANDED, HE TRANSFERRED INTO THE TULSA POST OFFICE WHERE HE WAS A CLERK AND A CLERK SUPERVISOR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. FOR SOME 20 YEARS AFTER HIS RETIREMENT HE TRAVELED THROUGHOUT THE WEST COAST BUT MAINTAINED ATOKA AS HIS HOME. THE PAST 3 YEARS HE RESIDED AT THE HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE. SURVIVED BY HENRY JANZ HAS NO KNOWN SURVIVING RELATIVES. HE IS SURVIVED BY A GOOD FRIEND WHO WAS ALSO HIS GUARDIAN FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS: LEONARD LINTON AND FAMILY OF LEHIGH, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: MARY LOUISE JANZ ON JANUARY 19TH OF THIS YEAR. PARENT: ROBERT AND ELIZABETH JANZ. BROTHER: ROBERT JANZ, JR. SISTER: ELIZABETH JANZ.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY DECEMBER 29, 1998, AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RICHARD MAGBY.