Galen D. Jantz, 83, passed away July 27, 2024, at Pleasant View Home in Inman, KS with his family by his side. He was born January 5, 1941, in Galva, KS, the son of Evan and Susan (Unruh) Jantz.
He attended school in Galva, KS also working various jobs and preceded on with a career in truck driving, with his handle being “Wind Jammer.” He and his wife Carol were able to see many sights over the course of his coast-to-coast travels. Galen was presented with a “million-mile club award” for driving over a million miles accident free. Besides driving truck, he loved and raised many horses over the years. If you ask his family, he was a ‘tinkerer” and could “fix anything.” Galen was quite the perfectionist, everything had its place and a place for everything and you can bet it would have been put away cleaned and shined. He was an avid collector of toy tractors and spent hours building model semi-truck and trailers. He attended Zoar Mennonite Brethren Church, Inman.
Galen and Carol were married on March 11, 1971 in Guymon, OK. She survives.
Other survivors include daughters, Tawny Hoffman (Yale) and Misty Jantz (Mark Gatz), both of McPherson, KS; a brother, Allen Jantz (Feryl), Galva, KS; sisters, Beverly Jantz and Carrol Jantz-Haywood (Ron Bryan) both of Gainesville, TX; grandchildren, Elizabeth Unruh (Shane), Canton, KS, Madison Hoffman-Schrag (Logan), McPherson, KS and Abby Jantz of Hutchinson, KS; great grandchildren, Chace, Cora, Collyer, Creede, and Reese; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and fellow truckers.
He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant brother, Johnny, a daughter, Ebanee Lynn and a stepson, Roger Whitlock.