The Service in PDF format is at: Jan Lane’s Memorial

AS WE GATHER

     Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.  Today we gather in the valley.  Grief rising on one side, pain rising on the other.  The valley can be lonely, treacherous, and all-encompassing.  I will fear no evil.  Ahead lies a mountain, a mountain of hope.  Joy and peace envelop all who pass through the valley and ascend the mountain.  Today we make that journey to the mountaintop.

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

JAN’S LIFE IN PICTURES

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OPENING SONG                                                “Amazing Grace”

Edwin Othello Excell; John Newton; John P. Rees; William W. Walker; Words: Public Domain ; Music: Public Domain

CALLING ON GOD                                                          Psalm 23

Leader: In the name of the Father, the   †   Son, and the Holy Spirit.

People: Amen.

Leader: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.   

People: He makes me lie down in green pastures.  He leads me beside still waters.  

Leader: He restores my soul.  He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 

People: Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,

Leader: for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.  

People: You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.  

Leader: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.  Amen. 

PRAYER

Leader: Let us pray.  O God of grace and mercy, we give thanks for Your loving-kindness shown to Jan and to all Your servants who, having finished their course in faith, now rest from their labors.  Grant that we also may be faithful unto death and receive the crown of eternal life; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 

People: Amen. 

JAN’S LIFE IN WORDS

On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, Janet “Jan” Lane passed away peacefully at home in Blodgett, Oregon, at the age of 83.

Born in Corvallis and raised on the family farm in Blodgett, Jan attended Blodgett Elementary School and graduated from Philomath High School in 1959. While working as an administrative assistant in the Agricultural Economics department at Oregon State University, she met Chuck.  They married on April 30, 1966, in Albany, Oregon.

Their adventures together took them first to Saskatchewan and then Alberta, Canada, where they adopted their three children: Christopher, Stephen, and Jennifer. Though offered Canadian citizenship, the family chose to return to the United States in 1972, settling in Orem, Utah.

Jan enriched her children’s lives in countless ways, both big and small. She took a job at the local movie theater, ensuring her kids could enjoy countless films together. At Orem Elementary School, she worked in the front office, keeping a watchful eye on her kids while staying closely connected to their daily world. As a Cub Scout den mother, she introduced her boys to hands-on experiences that nurtured a lifelong love of nature and adventure.

In the late 1970s through early 1980s she transitioned to the deeply meaningful work of helping Cambodian and Laotian refugee children integrate into American life-challenging work that she found profoundly rewarding.

When Chuck’s career with the US Fish and Wildlife Service brought them to Weaverville, California, Jan continued her dedication to education, working in both administration and bookkeeping for the Trinity School District. In 1997, they came full circle, building a home on the family farm in Blodgett to begin their retirement.

Jan’s retirement years were active and engaged. She served as president of the Blodgett-Summit Community Club for nearly two decades, working with the Benton Community Foundation to endow annual scholarships for local students. Together with Chuck, she spent over ten years collecting recycling at the Blodgett Country Store, where all proceeds went to these scholarships. She also worked as a lunch lady at Blodgett Elementary School for nearly a decade and became the bookkeeper for the family farm. 

At Peace Lutheran Church in Philomath, Jan served as financial secretary, treasurer, and landscape chairwoman. She was an avid gardener who created and maintained beautiful spaces both at church and at home.

Jan’s passion for travel took her and Chuck to cherished destinations like Ireland and Japan, where they visited multiple times. In Japan, they maintained deep relationships with the families of two foreign exchange students who had lived with them in Utah and California. The extended Watanabe family-sisters Mariko and Eriko, brother Tomo, and five “grandchildren”- became valued members of Jan and Chuck’s family. 

Jan valued maintaining relationships with friends and family, and her final years were filled with joy, contentment, and possibility.  She will be deeply missed, but her legacy will live on in those that knew her kindness, generosity, humor, and love. 

Jan was preceded in death by her parents, Eunice and Walter Hahn, and her husband, Charles “Chuck” Lane. She is survived by her brother Dale Hahn, three children Christopher (Erin), Stephen (Carter), and Jennifer (Michael), granddaughter Cassidy, sister-in-law Lori, cousin Muriel, and nieces Sabra and Erin and nephews Michael, Scott, and Kevin.

In lieu of flowers, the family invites donations in Jan’s memory to Peace Lutheran Church, 2540 Applegate St., Philomath, OR 97370.

Jan leaves behind a legacy of service and dedication to her community and family.

FIRST READING                                                 Matthew 5:1-12

Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them.

He said:

3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
    for they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
    for they will inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
    for they will be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful,
    for they will be shown mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
    for they will see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
    for they will be called children of God.
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

SECOND READING                                                   John 3:16-21

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

SONG OF CONFIDENCE                     “How Great Thou Art”

Stuart Wesley Keene Hine; Copyright 1949 and 1953 Stuart Hine Trust CIO Stuart K. Hine Trust (Administration: USA All rights by Capitol CMG Publishing, except print rights for USA, North, Central and South America administered by Hope Publishing. All other non USA Americas rights by the Stuart Hine Trust. Rest of World – Integritymusic.com.)

O Lord my God

When I in awesome wonder

Consider all the worlds

Thy hands have made

I see the stars

I hear the rolling thunder

Thy pow’r thru’out

The universe displayed

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Chorus:                            Then sings my soul

My Savior God to Thee

How great Thou art

How great Thou art

Then sings my soul

My Savior God to Thee

How great Thou art

How great Thou art

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When through the woods

And forest glades I wander

And hear the birds

Sing sweetly in the trees

When I look down

From lofty mountain grandeur

And hear the brook

And feel the gentle breeze

Chorus

WORDS OF COMFORT

Pastor Jeremy Lucke

PRAYER

Leader: Heavenly Father, give to the family of Jan and to all who mourn comfort in their grief and a sure confidence in Your loving care that, casting all their sorrow on You, they may know the consolation of Your love.  Lord, in your mercy,

People: hear our prayer. 

Leader: Give courage and faith to the bereaved, that they may have strength to meet the days ahead in the assurance of a holy and certain hope and in the joyful expectation of eternal life with those they love who have departed in the faith.  Lord, in Your mercy, 

People: hear our prayer. 

Leader:  Receive our thanks for Jan and for all the blessings You bestowed on her in this earthly life.  Bring us at last to our heavenly home that with her we may see You face to face in the joys of paradise.  Lord, in Your mercy, 

People: hear our prayer. 

Leader:  O God of all grace, You sent Your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, to bring life and immortality to life.  We give You thanks that by His death He destroyed the power of death and by His resurrection He opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers.  Strengthen us in the confidence that because He lives we shall live also, and that neither death nor life nor things present nor things to come will be able to separate us from Your love, which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 

People: Amen. 

LORD’S PRAYER

ALL: Our Father who art in heaven,

hallowed be Thy name,

Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily bread;

and forgive us our trespasses

as we forgive those who trespass against us;

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil. 

For Thine is the kingdom

and the power and the glory

forever and ever.  Amen.

CLOSING SONG                                           “Prayer of St. Francis”

St. Francis of Assisi ; Public Domain

Make me a channel of your peace.

Where there is hatred,

let me bring your love.

Where there is injury,

your pardon Lord.

And where there’s doubt,

true faith in you.

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Make me a channel of your peace.

Where there’s despair in life,

let me bring hope.

Where there is darkness…only light.

And where there’s sadness ever joy.

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Oh Master, grant that I may never seek

So much to be consoled as to console,

To- be understood …as to understand.

To-be loved as to love with all my soul.

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Make me a channel of your peace.

It is in pardoning that we are par-doned.

In giving to all men that we receive,

And-in dying that we’re born to eternal life.

And in dying that we’re born to eternal life.

BENEDICTION

Leader:  The Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.

The Lord look upon you with favor and +give you peace.

People: Amen.