Mildred Janz was born February 1, 1931, in Cowden, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Ralph Finis and Juanita (Simpson) Jones. She was raised on the family farm in Cowden, during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression, and graduated from Cowden High School. She married Lewie Janz on May 14, 1957, in Cordell, Oklahoma. Once married, they moved, first to Massachusetts, and then to Wichita, Kansas. Mildred gave birth to her two children, first Retta, and then Curtis. They moved from Wichita to Oklahoma City, and then to Tuttle, where they lived for 40 years. Mildred worked as both the secretary and a teacher’s aide at Tuttle Middle School for over 20 years. She cared for the school kids as her own and had wonderful co-workers, whose friendships she greatly treasured. Mildred was the true matriarch of her family and loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren fiercely. She embodied the true meaning of a homemaker and took great pride in caring for her home and family. Mildred was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Tuttle, Oklahoma. She loved her church family and truly enjoyed spending time with them. Surrounded by loved ones, she died peacefully on Friday, September 9, 2016, in Oklahoma City at the age of 85. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewie, and an infant son. Mildred’s survivors include her daughter, Retta Fulton and her husband Gary of Tuttle; her son, Curtis Janz and his wife Kathryn of Fort Smith, Arkansas; three grandchildren, Sarah Springs and husband, Geoff of Moore, Oklahoma, Allison Anderson and husband, Eddie of Oklahoma City, and Delaney Janz of Fort Smith, Arkansas, one great-grandchild, Emmilyn Springs of Moore; and her brother, LeRoy Jones and his wife, Sandra of Mountain View, Oklahoma. Funeral services were held on Monday, September 12, 2016, at the Tuttle First United Methodist Church with her son Curtis Janz and Brandon Blacksten officiating. Pall bearers were Curtis Janz, Gary Fulton, Geoff Springs, Eddie Anderson, Marvin Tacker, and Travis Tacker.