Shirley Janeba Obituary

Shirley Eileen (Wollam) Janeba, age 88, peacefully entered into eternal life October 16, 2016 surrounded by her family.



Shirley was born on a farm in Clark County, Missouri, one of five sisters and one brother, growing up there and in Southeast Iowa. She graduated from Farmington High School in 1945, and followed her sisters to Rock Island, Illinois to work for the J.I. Case Company. There she met Clarence Janeba, whom she married in 1948.



Shirley and Clarence started married life in Iowa City, Iowa and then moved to the Chicago area. In 1964, a job change for Clarence took them and their three children to the Los Angeles area. Although mostly a stay-at-home mom who baked bread weekly and sewed prom dresses and band uniforms, Shirley later became a beautician and beauty college instructor. She served on the Trinity Lutheran Altar Guild in Manhattan Beach, California, was active in Pilots Club and volunteered many hours at a senior assisted living center. Traveling most of the fifty states and their 50th anniversary trip to Europe were highlights of the Janebas' life together. They always wanted to see what was "over the next hill" and had many adventures together!



Upon retiring, they moved to Farmington, Iowa where they had relatives, many friends (old and new) and a big Craftsman style house they renovated. Shirley tended her flower gardens, sewed, quilted, knitted, crocheted, canned, was active in PEO and enjoyed small town life. Another joy of her life was her great-grandchildren. After her husband passed away, Shirley moved to live with her daughter, Nora, in Denver and son, John, in Monument.



Shirley was loved by all and will be greatly missed.



Shirley was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-four years, Clarence Janeba, her parents, five siblings and a grandson.



She is survived by her children, Nora Olson (David) Lasky of Denver, Colorado, John (Patsy) Janeba of Monument, Colorado, and Mark (Mary Lou) Janeba of Salem, Oregon; her grandchildren, Tanya Olson, Nicole Merrithew, Danielle Jacoby, Josef Janeba, Andrew Janeba, and Claire Janeba; and by five great-grandchildren.



Memorial Service, 3:00PM, Saturday, October 29, 2016 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 17750 Knollwood Drive, Monument, Colorado 80132.

In 2004, Shirley was cured of advanced melanoma through the power of prayer and the work of the fine doctors of the University of Iowa, for which we are forever grateful.



In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be directed to the University of Iowa Foundation, P.O. Box 4550, Iowa City, Iowa 52244-4550, or made online at www.givetoiowa.org/cancer to support Melanoma Research at the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. On the memo line please note in memory of Shirley Janeba 30506072.