Jack H. Foltz Obituary (1923

Jack Foltz, 92, of Hugoton, Kansas passed away November 22, 2015. Jack was born March 13, 1923 in Amorita, Oklahoma, the son of Noble and Glendora Waldren Foltz. He grew up in Manchester, Oklahoma and attended school. He served in the US Navy during WWII in the South Pacific as an Aviation Machinists Mate. After his honorable discharge he returned to Manchester where he worked with his dad repairing cars at the filling station. This is where he saw Nadine as she walked home from school. He worked very hard to get a date, eventually getting a date with Nadine. On June 22, 1947, in Anthony, Kansas, Jack was united in marriage to Dolores Nadine George. They made their first home in Manchester. Jack loved working on engines of all kinds and he loved flying. He had a Luscombe airplane, which he loved to fly. He worked for his good friend, Burn McCray, doing custom harvesting. In 1947 Jack was a fireman at the power plant in Anthony, Kansas. He later moved to Great Bead, where he worked for thirty-nine years as a senior operatior at Arthur Mullergren Power Generating Station, which was part of Centel Electric. He first joined Western Light & Telephone Company, which was the predecessor company of Centrel Electric. He also enjoyed working on car, driving motorcycles, camping and his fifth wheel camper as they both loved to travel anywhere at any time. He was always helping someone even in his later years. He enjoyed playing the piano and the clarinet, playing ragtime music by ear. Jack played for numerous events, helping local clubs and events. Jack was a member of the Church of Christ in Hugoton and the VFW in Great Bend, Kansas. Jack was preceded in death by his wife of sixty eight years Nadine. Members of the family are Jacks two daughters, Jacquelete Sue Mull and her husband Frank of Derby, Kansas and Debbie Nordling and her husband Erick of Hugoton, Kansas; five grandchildren, Ken Mull, Krista Attar, Erica Kolb, Ryan Nordling and Burk Nordling and nine great grandchildren. Memorial are suggested to the Manchester Cemetery Association and may be left at Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, Box 745, Hooker, Oklahoma 73945 Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at Manchester Cemetery in Manchester, Oklahoma with Lee Rottman of the Hugoton Church of Christ officiating. Following the burial services the family will greet friends and provide a luncheon at the Manchester Activity Center. SERVICES Graveside Service Wednesday, November 25, 2015 11:30 AM Manchester Cemetery Manchester, Ok 73758