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==Jantz family==
Leslie served as the 2nd assembly correspondent, replacing Richard by 1958, and serving in that role thru 1975. He was farming near Lakin Twp., Harvey Co., KS in 1951, and had relocated to Hutchinson by 1953. No children. They resided in Branson, MO for a time, relocating finally to Newton in 1990, where Malinda resided at the Friendly Acres Retirement Community. In 1994, at the time of Malinda's passing, she had been attending [https://fmcnewton.org/ First Missionary Church], affiliated with a [https://mcusa.org/history Missionary Church] denom in Fort Wayne, [[Indiana]] previously known as the Mennonite BIC, founded in 1883. Also see the denom's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary_Church wiki]. Her memorial was officiated by Ray Adams, who is still started pastoring the FMC in Newton the same year that Leslie & Malinda moved there, and is still pastoring there in 2025.
Leslie's 2nd wife Ada's mother was a daughter of Jacob J(ohann?) B(enjamin?) Becker (b. 1866 Antonovka, Gomel, Belarus - d. 1947 Roxbury, McP., KS) & Mary H. Koehn Becker (b. 1869 Antonovka, Belarus - d. 1942 Roxbury, KS). Jacob's family immigrated to the U.S. in 1874, his parents were Benjamin "Ben" Johann Becker (b. 1838 RU - d. 1905 Goltry, Alfalfa, OK) & Eva Becker-Dirks (b. 1856 Russia - d. 1928 Halstead, KS). Ben's memorial was officiated by Tobias Unruh & Dan Holderman of McP, and Henry Schmidt of Marion Co.
