Jann was born June 3, 1936, the daughter of Francis and Verna (Reuman) Whalen. She married the love of her life, Dowayne Parks, and together the two grew their family to include six children. Jann loved to quilt and was very good at it. She volunteered at God’s Helping Hands whenever she could, washing the donated clothes and making them look new. Keeping busy was never a problem for Jann, between family events and projects she started, there was never a dull moment. She enjoyed her years spent driving school bus and truly loved all the children she drove for. Jann was known to be a “social butterfly” that knew everyone. Whenever she met someone new, she would have to ask their last name to find out if she knew any members of their family, which, she typically did.
Left to cherish her memory are her Husband of nearly 62 years, Dowayne; Children, Ann (Lew) Jensen, Elizabeth Dysinger, Patrick (Tonya) Parks, Susan Chaney, and Victoria Morrison; brother, Richard Whalen; sister, Caroline (Robert) Duncan; 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. She is preceded in Death by her mother, Verna; father, Frances, and son, Brian.
And as Jann would say, “Have a nice day, unless you have other plans”.
The Janowicz Family Funeral Home
Remus, Michigan
Jann was born June 3, 1936, the daughter of Francis and Verna (Reuman) Whalen. She married the love of her life, Dowayne Parks, and together the two grew their family to include six children. Jann loved to quilt and was very good at it. She volunteered at God’s Helping Hands whenever she could, washing the donated clothes and making them look new. Keeping busy was never a problem for Jann, between family events and projects she started, there was never a dull moment. She enjoyed her years spent driving school bus and truly loved all the children she drove for. Jann was known to be a “social butterfly” that knew everyone. Whenever she met someone new, she would have to ask their last name to find out if she knew any members of their family, which, she typically did.
Left to cherish her memory are her Husband of nearly 62 years, Dowayne; Children, Ann (Lew) Jensen, Elizabeth Dysinger, Patrick (Tonya) Parks, Susan Chaney, and Victoria Morrison; brother, Richard Whalen; sister, Caroline (Robert) Duncan; 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. She is preceded in Death by her mother, Verna; father, Frances, and son, Brian.
And as Jann would say, “Have a nice day, unless you have other plans”.
The Janowicz Family Funeral Home
Remus, Michigan
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