Janet Steele Andreesen (1934-2020)

ANDREESEN, GREENAWALD

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 6/7/2020 at 12:02:48

Janet Steele Andreesen, 86, passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2020, at Iowa Masonic Health Facilities in Bettendorf, following a brief battle with cancer.

Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers since no public services can be held at this time. A graveside committal service was held Friday, May 22, 2020, at Cedar Memorial Cemetery in Cedar Rapids at 11 a.m. Rev. Wade Reddy of Wayne Zion Lutheran Church of rural Monticello officiated. Virtual attendance was encouraged at Kramer Funeral Home Facebook Live. A celebration of life for Janet will be held at a later date.

Janet was born Feb. 25, 1934, in Iowa City, the daughter of Dale and Evelyn Greenawald. As a child, she lived in Iowa, Ohio and Utah while her father served in the Army. The family later settled in Morley, where Janet graduated as valedictorian of Morley High School in 1952, with a class of six graduates. She enjoyed playing basketball at Morley, where her high school coach was her dad.