Obituary of Janis Carper

Janis Faye Carper passed away peacefully at home in Fairview, TX, on Saturday, July 10, after an 11 year battle with cancer. Jan was born on August 29, 1941 in Sioux City, Iowa, to John "Jake" and Mabel Jacobson. She was baptized and confirmed at Skien Lutheran Church, Sloan, IA, and graduated from Sloan High School in 1959. Jan lived in Guthrie Center, IA, Decatur and Springfield, IL, Hoxie, KS, and Spencer, IA, and Odebolt, IA from the 1960s through the early 1970s. Jan started working for GOMACO Corporation in Ida Grove, IA, in 1973. She married Carl Carper on April 15, 1976, in Menno, SD. Jan worked as an executive secretary for GOMACO's President and with its Sales Department for 32 years. In 2005, after their retirement, Jan and Carl moved to Murphy, TX. They celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary this past April. Jan enjoyed traveling with Carl to such places as Cocoa Beach, FL, Washington, DC, Canada, Hawaii, Las Vegas, San Diego and many more. She was an active member at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Ida Grove, and Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Plano, TX. Jan also served on the board of Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove. While enjoying reading and cooking, Jan truly loved entertaining and acting as the consummate hostess to all her family and friends, especially at their lake house near Yankton, SD. Jan was preceded in death by her parents, John (1988) and Mabel (1997). Jan is survived by: husband Carl; children John Enrique Seneca and Elizabeth Murphy, stepchildren Steve Carper and Carla Tinney (Cliff); grandchildren Josh, Lane, Jordan, Weston and Carson; brother Ed Jacobson (Cindy), sister Nancy Arnold (Larry); nephew Lex, nieces Kara, Brittany, Emily and Claire; three grandnieces and three grandnephews. Services will be at Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Plano, TX, on Saturday, July 17, at 11 am; and at Skien Lutheran Church, Sloan, IA, on Saturday, July 24, at 11 am. Interment services will immediately follow at Fairview Cemetery, next to Skien Lutheran Church. ------------- For flowers for the July 17, Texas service, please contact: C D Designs Florist (Click the button that says SEND FLOWERS) Ste. 145 4101 E. Park Blvd Plano, TX 972-244-7045 Order Online at -- www.cddesignsflorist.com/sympathy Deliver to: LORD OF LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH, Plano, TX FOR: Janis Carper ------------- For flowers for the July 24, Iowa service, please contact: Onawa Florist, Inc. (712) 423-1371 Contact: Charles Deliver to: SKIEN LUTHERAN CHURCH, Sloan, IA, FOR: Janis Carper