Our Jana
Kind, loving, caring, smart, courageous, resilient, creative, feisty, strong, vulnerable…
Fierce advocate, widow, beloved daughter, sister, aunt, great-aunt…
Teacher, writer, poet, journalist, rescuer, survivor, chronicles, fosterer, history buff…
Proud Joplin resident, rescuer of her tiny historic home and her sweet rescued kittens…
Lover of history and believer in better futures for everyone.
With deepest thanks for being there with her, caring for her, loving her, and praying for her.
Jana’s Family
Jana a resident of Joplin, MO was born in Merced, California on September 29, 1953. She was a long time resident of Joplin, MO. She passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2025 in Joplin, MO. She was a writer/teacher in communications. Jana will be missed by all those who knew and loved her. Arrangements were under the direction of Ozark Memorial Park of Joplin, MO.
3 Responses
I am shocked to learn that Jana has passed. We worked together on several several articles, and I was expecting to plan some more after a family break.
Dear Bob,
Thank you for being a part of Jana’s creative life. She loved working with you and contributing to community building through your newspaper. She loved helping others tell their stories and giving voice to those not often heard. I love that she worked with a community paper while also teaching writing to prisoners through a program at Hutchinson Community College.
Jana knew the importance of local newspapers and loved being a contributor. Thank you for making this possible for her and for your remembrance of her here.
Marla Salmon – Jana’s sister
Jana,
You came into my life like a gaurdian angel. You always loved and hugged me like I was your own grandaughter. For the first time in a long time a i felt i had someone like a grandparent I could grow close to again. My heart had been burned many times with loosing those I’ve loved before, but to you it opened right up and I guess thats why this one hurts that bad. But I guess thats good the pain reminds me of how real and how good you were. Though time will pass no one will ever forget you we will simply learn to live with the grief. Until we meet again surf the stars grandma.
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