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Elmer John Frantz © Enid News and Eagle 01-15-2008 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
© Enid News and Eagle
The funeral for Elmer John Frantz, 86, of Fairview, will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, at Saron Mennonite Church, Orienta. The Rev. Arnold Curby will officiate. Burial will be in Saron Mennonite Cemetery. Arrangements are by Nichols Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Fairview. Family visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. today in the Great Room of the Fairview Fellowship Home.
He was born Sept. 13, 1922, on the family farm north of Fairview to John A. and Tajalda Bisans and died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, at Fairview Fellowship Home.
He attended Fairview schools and graduating from Fairview High School. He attended Tabor and Bethel colleges.
He married Carolyn Vera Mitchell Aug. 10, 1947, in Mechanic Falls, Maine. He was a farmer, raising wheat and cattle. He was active in Saron Mennonite Church, served on the meat canning committee, was a member of Oklahoma Bible Academy Board, Rural Water Board, and the Barber Shop Society of Enid. They moved to Fairview Fellowship Home Apartments in 2008 where they lived until his health began to fail.
Surviving are his wife, Carolyn, of the home; his children, Barbara Eck of Bartlesville and Nelson Frantz of Aline; one sister, Margaret Peters of Myrtle Creek, Ore.; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, three brothers and one sister.
Memorials may be made through the funeral home, P.O. Box 332, Fairview, OK 73737, to Saron Mennonite Church Building Fund.
Condolences may be made online at www.nicholsfh.com.
Carolyn Vera Frantz © Fairview Funeral Home Inc. 03-2019 Submitted by: Glenn
© Fairview Funeral Home Inc.
March 14, 1927 - March 09, 2019
Viewing with the family present for Carolyn V. Frantz, 91, of Fairview will be Thursday, March the 14th, 2019 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Fairview Funeral Home Inc. Graveside interment will be Friday, March 15 at 2:00 p.m. at the Saron Mennonite Cemetery with the Memorial Services Saturday, March 16, 2019 at the Saron Mennonite Church in Orienta, Oklahoma. The Reverend Arnold Curby will officiate. Arrangements are by Fairview Funeral Home, Inc.
Carolyn Vera Mitchell Frantz entered the "Gate where EVERYONE was waiting for HER" on March 9, 2019 at the age of 91. Carolyn was born on a farm in West Minot on March 14, 1927. She was one of the 5 daughters that helped her Dad on the farm until her little brother got big enough. She accepted Christ as her personal Savior at the age of 13 at a Seventh Day Advent Summer Camp. She was passionate about her family needing to know Jesus as their personal Savior.
Carolyn loved to read, ski, ice skate, swim, cook and sing. After High School she was hired as driver and friend for a woman photographer. Her first year at the University of Maine she majored in Home Economics and met Elmer Frantz. He was stationed there to help with the Agriculture Division of the University as a noncombatant in World War II.
Carolyn married Elmer Frantz August 10, 1947 in Mechanic Falls, Maine. They lived on the Frantz Farm for 61 years. They were married 62 years and had 3 children. Carolyn volunteered in the Saron Mennonite Church with the Women's Mission Ministries, Vacation Bible School and many church events. She helped with Orienta Grade School and Oklahoma Bible Academy activities. She helped in MCC Meat Canning and Sales, Sheriff's Holiday meals and many other community events. She had one paid job as an Assistant Postal Carrier from Fairview for several years.
Carolyn was preceded in death by one son, Myron Frantz and her husband Elmer Frantz. She leaves behind one sister, Joyce Hellen of Maine, her daughter, Barbara Eck and husband Marvin of Bartlesville, Ok and son Nelson Frantz and his wife Pam of Aline. Carolyn has 7 Grandchildren, Melissa Cleveland and David, Travis Eck and Bronwyn, Emily Powell and Brandon, Amy Oatman and Mark, J.W. Wilcox, Clayton Wilcox, and Tom Wilcox. She also has 9 Great-grandchildren Paige, Kennedy, Chance, Chasity, Cooper, Madison, Macy, Riley, and Lily.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to Saron Mennonite Church or Gideon's Memorial Bibles.
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