Lansman, Jean Lorea (1927 – 2017)

LANSMAN, CLARK, PETERS, HARTIGAN, COWLES

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 12/31/2017 at 22:09:50

Name of deceased: Jean Lorea Lansman (nee Clark)

Aged: 90 yrs, 6 mo, 28 days

Residence: Harlan, IA

Born: May 11, 1927; Irwin, Shelby County, IA

Died: Dec. 9, 2017; Elm Crest Retirement Community, Harlan, Shelby County, IA

Funeral services: Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017; Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, Harlan, IA; burial was in Arlington Heights Cemetery, Audubon, IA

Survived by: Daughters, Jeannie (spouse, Ken) Peters of Lincoln, MO and Linda (spouse, Robert) Hartigan of Bellevue, NE; grandchildren, Michael Lansman of Lincoln, MO, Douglas Hartigan of Omaha, NE, Erin (spouse, Rob) Cowles of Sterling, VA and Brendan (spouse, Kristin) Hartigan of Midvale, UT; 6 great-grandchildren; other family and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Homer DeWalter and Adda Beulah (nee Olson) Clark; husband, Gerald Leon Lansman (deceased on Nov. 13, 2006); brothers, Howard Dean Clark and J. Lorren Clark

Education: attended country schools and graduated from the Irwin (IA) High School; year not provided

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Gerald Leon Lansman; June 8, 1947; at the home of the bride’s parents in Irwin, IA

Employment: farmed in southwest Iowa, specifically Audubon, Shelby, and Cass Counties; they also lived in Council Bluffs and Exira, IA.

Hobbies/Interests: gardening; canning produce; reading; quilting; she enjoyed music, and Jean and Gerald were both members of the “Country Heirs” musical group, where she played the accordion and Gerald played the guitar; spending time with her grandchildren

Sources: harlanonline.com; kjan.com; knodfm.com; burmeisterjohannsen.com