Alice Maudine Lantz, 93, Otis, Kansas, died Friday, September 4, 2020, at Locust Grove Village, La Crosse, Kansas.
Maudine was born April 8, 1927, in Abilene, Kansas, the daughter of Eugene Walker and Allie E. (Probasco) Steele. She was a 27 year resident of Rush County, Kansas, moving from California. A 1945 graduate of Dickinson County High School, Chapman, Kansas, she was a homemaker and farm wife. Maudine also served as the librarian for the Clyde Public Library, Clyde, Kansas, and the Otis Community Library, Otis, Kansas. She also served on both library boards.
She was a former member of the VFW Auxiliary, and the UMW (United Methodist Women), both of Otis, Kansas. Maudine loved to sing, singing in the church choir, and quartet. Her love of singing and music was instilled in her when she was a young girl listening to her father play the fiddle at barn dances.
On August 3, 1957, she married Kenneth O. Lantz at Abilene, Kansas. He preceded her in death November 22, 2016.
Survivors include: two sons, Retired Colonel Dwight Engle (Annette), Napa, Idaho, and Alan Engle (Lanie), Manhattan, Kansas; three daughters, Yvonne Kuhl (Larry), Napa, Idaho, Evelyn Sohm, (Steve), Otis, Kansas, and Nola Newcomer, Kanopolis, Kansas; 13 grandchildren; and 24 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one son, John Engle; one brother, Gene Steele; and five sisters, Myrtle Blackwelder, Eunice Witwer, Neva Jamis, Helen Foerschler, and Evelyn Krause.
Visitation will be Wednesday, September 9, 2020, from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at the Janousek Funeral Home, La Crosse, Kansas, with the family receiving friends from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
Graveside service will be at Union Cemetery, Abilene, Kansas. Interment will be in Union Cemetery, Abilene, Kansas. Because of the current challenges the world is facing at the present time, the funeral service and interment will be private, immediate family only.
Social distancing is recommended.
Masks are recommended.
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In lieu of flowers or plants, the family requests memorials to the Otis Community Library, Otis, Kansas.
Condolences or remembrances may be left for the family at www.janousekfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements were by Janousek Funeral Home, 719 Pine Street, P O Box 550, La Crosse, Kansas 67548, 785/222-2517.