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- birth 4/4/1945 Chester, SC ????
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found at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KFF2-P34
Janice L Vanengen
United States Social Security Death Index
Given Name: Janice
Middle Name: L
Surname: Vanengen
Birth Date: 4 April 1945 ????
State: South Carolina
Event Date: 23 February 2013
Age: 68
Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KFF2-P34 : accessed 10 Sep 2014), JANICE L VANENGEN, 23 Feb 2013; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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found at findagrave.com on 10/14/2016
Janice Carroll "Jan Van" Lee Van Engen
Birth: Jan. 14, 1946
Chester
Dodge County
Georgia, USA
Death: Feb. 23, 2013
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Georgia, USA
Janice Lee Van Engen, age 67, of Fayetteville, Georgia, died on February 23, 2013.
Known as "Jan Van" to her friends, she was born in Chester, Georgia, and moved all over the country with her husband, Ronald J. Van Engen, Sr., who preceded her in death. As they settled in new places for Ron's work with NASA and government contractors, Jan easily cultivated and maintained friendships. She was a retired nurse known for her flash and style, always with an eye for a good deal. Jan was also known for her generous heart and spirit, often helping those she encountered by providing a meal or a tank of gas. She invited scores of strangers into her home, providing the precious gift of a listening ear, and often sent or took presents to people who were sick.
A friend said, "Jan was the most direct and funniest person I had ever met." It was not uncommon to hear someone say that they felt closer to Jan than to members of their own family. Friends were again amazed at Jan's indomitable spirit after a serious car wreck in which she and Ron were involved in 1999 left her hospitalized for two months, in intensive rehabilitation for several years and pursuing "getting my whole self back" ever after. Jan had suffered colon, liver and kidney injuries, lost her spleen, broken both arms and had a severe brain injury. It was the latter that proved most challenging, but which also caused her to be a great inspiration, with the Executive Director of the Brain Injury Resource Foundation asking Jan to write a book and serve as a spokesperson. During her ongoing recovery, Jan called on her own training as a nurse, as well as alternative treatments and the many "helps" she had brought to bear in the past for others.
Two and a half years after the accident she lost Ron to a heart attack. She also was preceded in death by her father, Jack Boyce Lee of Chester, Georgia.
Surviving were her son Ronald J. Van Engen of Euless, Texas; her grandchildren Cody and Joshua Myers of Brunswick, Georgia; her mother Mildred B. Lee of Chester, South Carolina; sister Sandy James of Canton, Georgia; sister Lynn Criscione of Spartanburg, South Carolina; brother Joel Lee of Chester; brother Neil Lee of Chester; brother John Lee of Rio de Janeiro; and numerous nieces and cousins.
She was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, Georgia, where a funeral service was held on February 26, 2013. Reverend Jamie Lambert officiated. The family received friends on February 25, 2013, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Mowell Funeral Home in Fayetteville, Georgia.
As memorials, donations were suggested for the Southwest Christian Care Hospice (www.swchristiancare.org), 7225 Lester Road, Union City, GA 30291.
--Published in The News & Reporter on March 6, 2013
Family links:
Spouse:
Ronald John Van Engen (1944 - 2002)
Burial:
Sharon Memorial Garden Cemetery
Tyrone
Fayette County
Georgia, USA
Created by: Patsy Gadberry
Record added: Mar 23, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 107195645
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