JANSSEN, Mable 1927-2006

JANSSEN, HARMS, BUSS

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 1/7/2015 at 14:34:26

Mable Janssen, 78, of Reinbeck died February 25, 2006 at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. Funeral services were February 28 at the Union Congregational United Church of Christ in Reinbeck. Burial followed at Washington Township Cemetery in Morrison. Memorials may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice.

Mable was born February 28, 1927, daughter of William and Dora (Buss) Harms. She attended Pleasant Valley Township School near Wellsburg and on July 30, 1947 was united in marriage to Louie George Janssen. They remained in the Wellsburg area until 1966 when they moved to Reinbeck. She received her certificate to work as a nurse's aid, had worked for Schoitz Hospital in Waterloo and for Parkview Manor in Reinbeck, and served as primary caregiver for her brother Willie.

She is survived by her children, Maxine Stokes and her husband Tim, Gerald Janssen and Sally Duesenberg and her husband Doug; a grandson; sister, Mary Stahl of Wellsburg; and by many nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death were her husband; her parents; brothers, Ebling, Dickie, Willie, Tommy, Alfred, and Elmer Harms; and sister, Lena Freese.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 2 March 2006, pg 3