THE CLASS OF 65 HONORS THE MEMORY OF
Janet Dawson

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EXPRESSES OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY

Janet Jann S. Hoag
WAMEGO, KS - Jann Hoag, 60, Wamego died Thursday, 21 June 2007 at home in Wamego, Kansas. She was the daughter of William Morris Dawson and Katherine Augusta Whitaker of Independence, Missouri. She attended William Chrisman High School in Independence, Missouri and graduated in 1965. She married Kenneth "Kenny" Ray Hoag of Independence, Missouri on 15 October 1965. She was raised in the First Baptist Church and upon marriage converted to the Episcopal faith and attended Trinity Episcopal Church in Independence, Missouri and St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Wamego, Kansas. Following her husband's military and CPA careers', she also lived in Oklahoma, Georgia, New Jersey, Europe and Virginia. She was Supervisor of Visitor Services at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, Executive Vice-President of the U.S. Navy Memorial, Washington D.C., Dean of Presidential Classroom, Alexandria, Virginia, and a Consultant to the Eisenhower Commission, Washington, D.C. She was an invited guest speaker at the first Women's Conference in Palestine in 2005 and worked briefly in Afghanistan as a consultant assisting foreign businesses in gaining permits and facilities to begin operations in Kabul. She was preceded in death by her parents and survived by her husband, a son Kenneth R. Hoag II, his fiance Christine Schlobohm, and her daughter Ashtyn, Lee's Summit, Missouri; and a daughter Jami S. and her husband T. Scott Sabin; a step-grand daughter Sydney L. Sabin and a granddaughter Chloe N. Sabin, Lee's Summit, Missouri. Jann's wishes were to be cremated. Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on 30 June 2007 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Wamego and at 3:00 p.m. on 7 July 2007 at St. Michael's Episcopal Church 4000 South Lee's Summit Road, Independence, Missouri 64055. In life, Jann requested that upon her death, instead of flowers, donations be made to St. Luke's Episcopal Church and be forwarded to an Organization dedicated to the research and treatment of Post Polio Syndrome.

Published in the Topeka Capital-Journal on 6/28/2007.

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Janet Dawson passed Thursday morning, June 21, 2007 sometime between 9:00 and 10:00 am. Ken had been looking after her recovery from the the previous Friday's operation. While Ken was helping her walk, God called. Janet passed in the loving arms of her husband who only left her side long enough to dial 911.

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We are never quite prepared to lose loved ones, and Jann’s death came as a real surprise to me. I had just visited her in the hospital on Monday and she was doing fine and ready to go home the next day. When Ken called on Thursday and said he lost Jann, death didn’t even register with me. My first thought and comment was where did you lose her? I thought perhaps she became disoriented and got lost. If I had been thinking clearly, I would have known that it would be real hard to get lost in Wamego. I have been reminded often since then of a Bible verse where God tells us, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways.” After Ken asked me if I wanted to speak at her service, I thought about what I would say. No specific event stuck out other than to give a characteristic using each letter of her name.Jann was:

I believe Jann also embodied the fruits of the spirit—love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Well, okay, maybe she lacked a little self-control when it came to eating ice cream, especially chocolate.

As I have wept over the loss of my dear friend, I am reminded that Jesus also wept over the loss of his friend, Lazarus, but I rejoice in the fact that she is with Jesus and suffering no more pain.

As Father Curtis stated last week at her memorial serviced in Wamego, Jann was an experience. Indeed she was and one I will always be glad I had.

So, Jann, meet me at the gate!

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