Jan Marie Barcz (1953-2020)

BARCZ, HOUSE, KONINGS

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 10/4/2020 at 14:16:54

Jan Marie Barcz, 66, of Central City, went to be with our Lord on Friday October 2, 2020, surrounded by her loving family in the care of Mercy Medical Center. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday October 6th at Calvary Community Church, 327 35th Street NE in Cedar Rapids, where a visitation will be held on Monday the evening prior from 4-7 p.m. Her burial and final resting place will be at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. For those unable to attend in person, you may live stream the memorial service at https://www.calvarycedarrapids.com/livestream/

Survivors include her husband of 46 loving years, Jim Barcz, her sons; Scott (Andrea) Barcz of Odessa, Florida, David Barcz of St. Louis, Missouri, and Tim (Sarah) Barcz of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, her siblings; Jon (Debbie) Konings of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Kris (Tom) Szudajski of Tucson, Arizona, her grandchildren; Kaitlyn, Alyssa, Lincoln, Evelyn, Cora, Rylee, Avery, Ainsley and Ada. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ivan and Jane Konings and a brother, Lee Konings.

Jan was born November 21, 1953 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Ivan and Jane (House) Konings. She grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she met Jim and started her family with him. She graduated from Bay View High School (Milwaukee, WI) and the University of Wisconsin Stout (Menomonie, WI) and retired from Rockwell Collins in 2015. She was a devout Christian with tremendous faith and an active member of Calvary Community Church. Her hobbies included crocheting, cooking/baking, watching the wildlife from her country home and spending time with her 9 grandchildren.

Psalm 23: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

In memory of Jan, memorials may be made to KEWR (Enduring Word Radio, a non-profit wholly dedicated to providing this community with simple to understand yet deeply profound Bible teachings). ‘