Janet Jasen

Janet M. Jasen, 60, of Quinnesec, died unexpectedly on March 26, 2010, at her home. Janet was a graduate of Loyala University (BSN) and (MSc) from Virginia Commonwealth University, and was currently employed by the Iron Mountain Veterans Administration Medical Center. Janet will be missed by all her friends, from the ones she made at the Navajo Nation, where she worked as the primary Health Care Provider in Arizona, to her friends on the Chapa-de-Indian reservation in California, in their Health Foundation (and was adopted as a member of the tribal group), through her friends in the Peace Corps both in the District of Columbia and those friends in Moldova, where she was the Peace Corps Medical Officer, the friends she made in Guam when she was teaching in the University, to her friends here in the Upper Peninsula. Janet lived a wide and adventurous life – full of travel to ,foreign places – Scotland, Ireland, Moldova, Turkey, Russia, Guam, the wide U.S. Southwest, Germany and the Netherlands were but a few. She made friends wherever she went and was always up to trying new things. Whether it was climbing around Iron Age tombs in Ireland, seeing the standing stones in Scotland, windmills in the Netherlands, or conducting research on aroma therapy in Guam, she could always be counted on to try something new and different, and to be open to others ideas and input. Janet is survived by her brother Glenn, his wife Kathy, her three nieces, two nephews, her good friend and “sister” Chris, her numerous church friends – Robin and Erin, most notably, and most importantly her beloved cat, Chisinau. She was a strong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and led a group here in Iron Mountain devoted to guiding young women and teens. Memorial services will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 2001 Woodword in Kingsford at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, March 31. Condolences to the family of Janet Jasen may be expressed online at www.ernashfuneralhomes.com The family has entrusted the Erickson-Rochon & Nash funeral home with the arrangements.

Janet Jasen

March 26, 1950 - March 26, 2010