Pausa, Janice Mary (1933-2011)
PAUSE, HANSON, HASSARD
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 3/23/2011 at 21:11:28
Janice Mary Pausa
December 1933 - February 28, 2011Thursday, March 17, 2011
Our beloved daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, mother and grandmother died February 28th, 2011, of cardiac failure. Jan fought several health issues in her lifetime with great courage and strength. Her joyful spirit was always present. She passed with her husband and brother at her bedside.
Born December, 1933, in Alta, to Evelyn and Al Hanson, Jan was the oldest of three siblings. She spent her formative years in Oakland, California. Having learned tennis from a neighborhood coach in her early years, Jan became a ranked junior tennis player. She had a zest for life and a passion for the great outdoors, organizing and participating in many family fishing and hiking camping trips.
Jan graduated with honors from Castlemont High School in 1952. Then, she continued on to the University of California at Berkeley where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. During her time at UC Berkeley, she fell in love with Clements Edward Pausa, "Ed." Ed and Jan were married in 1955 at the Newman Hall on the campus of UC Berkeley.
Following college, Jan worked as an accountant in San Diego and Long Beach while Ed served on active duty with the Navy. Jan and Ed moved several more times in California to support Ed's career in the growing semiconductor industry. By 1959, Jan and Ed were living in Los Altos where their first son, Geoffrey, was born. The family then moved to Portland, Maine, where their second son, Ronald, was born.
With Janice's sense of adventure, the family next moved to Hong Kong. Jan felt fortunate to travel all around the globe. She found the cultures interesting and exciting. In 1968, Jan's family returned to California and by 1976 the family had settled into their current home in Atherton. Jan became an active member of the Peninsula Volunteers, an organization supporting local senior citizens. As Treasurer and President of Peninsula Volunteers, she was instrumental in the development of Crane Place, an award winning, affordable senior housing complex in Menlo Park.
Jan was a teacher and lover of all sports, from football and baseball to golf, tennis and the Olympics. She handed her love of sports down to her boys. Year after year, she would arrange fantastic ski trips to Lake Tahoe with her family and many friends. As an avid sports fan, she could be found watching sports on TV every weekend, or she would join her mother and family at the Oakland stadium watching the A's defeat the Giants or the Raiders defeating the 49ers.
She will be remembered as a devoted wife, mother and grandmother with tireless energy, bringing excitement, love and laughter to those around her.
Jan is survived by her mother, Evelyn Hanson; her brother, Kern Hanson; her sister, Aleen Hassard; her husband, Ed Pausa; her two sons, Geoff and Ron Pausa; and her two grandchildren, Zachary and Ashton Pausa.
Funeral services were held Monday, March 14, 2011, at the Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Avenue, Menlo Park, California 94025. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to: Stanford University Cardiovascular Institute, 2700 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Please indicate "The PARTNER Trial" in the memo section of your check.
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