Class of 1978
1978 Maroon Spotlight
Jana Baetz
Basketball 74-78; FHA 74-76; Choir 77-78; Girls Double Sextet 77-78; Annual Staff 77-78; Delegate Freedom Forum 76-78.
1978 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Feb. 7, 1960, is the birth date of 18 year old Jana Elaine Baetz. Jana received her early schooling at Christ Lutheran. She has participated in basketball 1973-78, Future Homemakers of America 1972-76, and choir 1977-78. Jana was also a delegate to the Freedom Forum. Her favorite subject is history and she enjoys sewing and growing house plants. Her plans for the future are undecided. Jana is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Baetz, 10 East Fir.
Jana Elaine (Baetz) Potter
February 7, 1960 – December 22, 2011
Jana E. Potter, 51, of Red Rock, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Ronald Max and Leta Faye Franks Baetz. She was born on February 7, 1960, in Perry, Oklahoma, and died Thursday, December 22, 2011, at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
On May 1, 1980, Jana married her best friend and high school sweetheart Jerry Potter in Perry, Oklahoma, at Christ Lutheran Church. Jana started and was in charge of the Frontier Community ED Easter Egg Hunt. She had a love for kids which included owning her own day care and working as a secretary at Frontier Public Schools. She enjoyed crafting, crocheting, and making wedding bouquets. She truly enjoyed singing with Hearts and Harmony and playing cards with her and Jerry’s card group. Jana was a member of Christ Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday school and was a member of LWML Unit 1.
Jana is survived by her husband, Jerry Potter, two daughters, Kaelyn Jae Potter and Ashley Jan Potter, both of Red Rock, Oklahoma, her parents, Ron and Leta Faye Baetz, of Perry, Oklahoma, two brothers, Gary Baetz and his wife, Patti, and Mark Baetz, all of Perry, Oklahoma, one sister, Roni Folsom and her husband, Richard, of Perry, Oklahoma, one aunt, Yvonne Hodge of Perry, Oklahoma, one uncle, Donald Baetz of Poteau, Oklahoma and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by one infant son, Hesten William Potter.
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 27, 2011, at the Christ Lutheran Church in Perry. Rev. William Metz will officiate. Interment will be in Red Rock Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made payable to the Frontier Community ED Easter Egg Hunt or PAH Pathways.