Janette "Jan" F. Prince 1922 - 2007

PRINCE, SJOSTROM

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 9/27/2015 at 22:32:12

Sioux City Journal
18 December 2007

Janette "Jan" F. Prince, 85, of Sioux City died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007, under the care of Hospice of Siouxland following an extended illness.

Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Mayflower United Church of Christ in Sioux City, with the Revs. Dan Lozer and Laird Keever officiating. Burial will be in Cherokee, Iowa, at a later date. Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to services Thursday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Greenwood Funeral Home at Cherokee. Online condolences may be left at www.greenwoodfuneral.com.

Jan was born on Oct. 20, 1922, in Remsen, Iowa, the daughter of Ernst and Sena Sjostrom. She grew up in Cherokee, Iowa, where she graduated from Wilson High School in 1941. She went to work for Northwestern Bell Telephone in Cherokee.

On May 20, 1943, she married John J. (Jack) Prince in Bonham, Texas, where he was in flight school for the U.S. Army Air Corps. After the end of World War II, they settled in Cherokee. In 1949, they moved to Sioux City, where they raised two sons, David and Tom Prince.

Jan loved to garden and had lovely flower gardens. She was an avid golfer and also served on the women's committee of the Sioux City Symphony Association for a number of years. She was active in P.T.A. and Cub Scouts when her boys were young. She was a member of the women's fellowship at Mayflower Congregational United Church of Christ, where she was a 50-year-plus member and served on many church boards and committees. Jan and Jack enjoyed traveling and took many long trips after Jack retired. Above all, Jan loved her family, her flowers and her many, many friends. Lunch with the "girls" was a weekly affair.

Jan is survived by her husband of 64 years, Jack; two sons, David and his wife, Annmarie of Lake Elmo, Minn., and Tom of Sioux City; two grandsons, Michael of St. Paul, Minn., and Peter of New York City, N.Y.; and a sister, Harriet Love of Norman, Okla.

She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Sven, Cecil and Raymond; and two sisters, Agnes Leonard and Bessie Anderson.

She will be truly missed by her family and many friends.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Mayflower United Church of Christ or Hospice of Siouxland.