Jenetta J. Filbert, age 91, died on April 13, 2018 at Cedar Village, Ness City. She was born on February 23, 1927 South of Bazine to John and Bertha Krug Schneider.
She grew up and attended school in the Bazine area. After graduating from high school, she went to work at the Baker Hospital, LaCrosse for several years. She accepted the Lord into her life and was baptized in the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
After attending Union College, she then went to work at the Porter Memorial Hospital, Denver, Colorado, working in medical records as a medical secretary. She also worked at the Portland Hospital, Portland, Oregon. Due to her parents being in poor health she moved back to Kansas to help them. She also worked for Dr. Wiens and Dr. PraKorn as a medical assistant and an insurance secretary. She loved to cook and bake and make of crafts of all kinds. Jenetta traveled to most of the States of the USA and she traveled overseas as well. She gave much of her time in helping others and holding different offices in the church. Her church family was important to her. Jenetta also worked in the Ness City IGA grocery store as the baker until she retired.
She married Gus Filbert in 1972, they spent some of their winters in Arizona until Gus passed away in 1981.
Jenetta was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and two sisters, Elvira Kerr and Glenda Koch. She is survived by her niece Gloria Keenan and her husband, Terry, of Ness City and three nephews, Mark Kerr and his wife, Renée, of Ness City, John Koch and his wife, Sharon, of Enterprise, Jim Koch and his wife, Jerri, of Gardner, and Jack Koch and his wife, Kim, of Garden City; and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral Service will be on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 10:00 A.M. at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City. Viewing at the funeral home on Tuesday from 9:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M. Memorial Contributions may be given to the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Bazine.