Janet Elvira Janzen

Janet Elvira Janzen was born in Darfur, MN on August 18, 1927, to Arthur and Gay (Brand) Englin. She was baptized in 1927, confirmed in 1941, and married in 1947 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Darfur. Janet attended Englin School District 61, Darfur School, graduated from Comfrey High School in 1945, and attended Gustavus Adolphus College. She worked at Land O'Lakes in the USDA lab for 25 years in Mountain Lake. She taught Sunday school for 44 years and received the "Friend of Education" award from Mountain Lake School in 1993. Janet did a lot of volunteer work, served on several boards, and was Elder in the Presbyterian Church. Janet Elvira Janzen, 91 of Mountain Lake, died on October 21, 2018, at Good SamaritanVillage in Mountain Lake. Janet is survived by her children, Gwyn Kleinschmidt of Viroqua, WI, Dean (Deb) Janzen of Mountain Lake, MN, Roger (Vickie) Janzen of Waconia, MN; grandchildren, Melissa (Mike) Weipert, Stephanie (Dave) Raszkiewicz, Tina Janzen (special friend Shaun), Kim Janzen, Amy Janzen, Angela Alvarado, Eric (Leah) Janzen, Amanda Janzen; great-grandchildren Michaela Weipert, Alexandria Raszkiewicz, Carlos Cardona, Delainey Janzen, Addyson Janzen, Brianna Jensen, Alexis Alvarado (special friend Jose), Vicente Alvarado, Maggie Janzen, Oscar Janzen. Also survived by her sister, Roberta (Howard) Branson, nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by parents Arthur and Gay Englin, husband Frank H. Janzen, son Dennis Janzen, grandson Andrew Janzen, great-granddaughter Riley Rose Weipert, and son-in-law Don Kleinschmidt. This is how Jan would like to be remembered, "A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, what sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove, but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child, an animal, birds, and sharing the love of Jesus Christ, God, and Holy Spirit. Amen." Visitation 1 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Friday, October 26, 2018 Sturm Funeral Home, Mountain Lake Chapel 420 - 10th St. N. Mtn. Lake, Minnesota, United States 56159 Visitation 2 10:00 am - 11:00 am Saturday, October 27, 2018 Sturm Funeral Home, Mountain Lake Chapel 420 - 10th St. N. Mtn. Lake, Minnesota, United States 56159 Service Information 11:00 am Saturday, October 27, 2018 Sturm Funeral Home, Mountain Lake Chapel 420 - 10th St. N. Mtn. Lake, Minnesota, United States 56159 Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Darfur, MN Minnesota 30 Butterfield, Minnesota, United States 56120