Jan Mary (Schadle) Kaune 1956-2008

FREIBURGER, SCHADLE, KAUNE, RANG, SCHIERS, SOSA DEGROAT, THUESEN

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 3/20/2008 at 09:07:37

Jan M. Kaune

Jan Mary (Schadle) Kaune, 51, of Coupland, Texas, formerly of Dubuque, died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, as the result of an automobile accident in Coupland.

Memorial services celebrating Jan's life will be at 5 p.m. Sunday at Behr Funeral Home, 1491 Main St., where friends may call after 2 p.m. Following cremation, private family committal services will be held in the spring in Mount Calvary Cemetery.

Jan most recently worked as an accounting specialist at Littlefield Corporation in Austin, Texas, for three years.

She was born on Sept. 27, 1956, in Dubuque, daughter of Don and Lori (Freiburger) Schadle. She graduated from Dubuque Wahlert High School in 1974.

Jan married Brant Kaune on Sept. 25, 1982, in Dubuque, and relocated to Texas that same year. Jan and Brant operated Kaune Line Farms for several years and she was a mainstay at the Austin Farmers Market on Saturdays, where customers would line up hours in advance to buy her chicken and duck eggs and other organic produce. Jan's duck eggs were highly sought by people having autistic loved ones. After Brant's death on July 28, 2006, Jan took solace in caring for her horses and pets and always considered her animals as family members.

Surviving are a stepson, Jeremy (Brooke) Kaune, and three darling granddaughters, Bailey, 10, Naomi, 9, and Kassie, 3, of McGregor, Iowa; her parents, Don and Lori Schadle, of Dubuque; two brothers, Don Schadle Jr. and Steve (Amy) Schadle, of Dubuque; three sisters, Mary Ann (Brian) Thuesen, of Minneapolis, Deena (John) Rang, of Dubuque, and Amy (Mike) Schiers, of Frederick, Colo.; mother-in-law, Jane Kaune, of Austin; six brothers-in-law, Rost Jr. (Lynn), of Austin, Paul (Joanne), of Dover, Pa., Mark (Diane), of Grove Town, Ga., Scott (Nancy), of Gales Ferry, Conn., Craig, of Dubuque, and Andy (Jenny), of Phoenix, Ariz.; two sisters-in-law, Tracy (Roy) Sosa, of Austin, and Penny (Robert) DeGroat, of Fairview, N.C.; many nieces and nephews, and longtime friend and companion, Juan Oyervides, of Coupland.

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