Jana Sue Goettsch, age 59 of Lowden, passed away on Friday July 25, 2014 at Wheatland Manor. Funeral services will be held on Monday July 28, 2014 at 10:30 A.M at Christian Free Lutheran Church in Wheatland with Pastor Eric Swenson officiating. Burial will follow at the Pine Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Sunday July 27, 2014 from 2-6 P.M at the Christian Free Lutheran Church in Wheatland.
Jana was born on June 1, 1955 to Robert and Dolores (Shelton) Stankee in Clinton, Iowa. She married Jeff Goettsch on November 25, 1989 in Wheatland.
Jana truly loved Jesus. She also liked going to the Ozarks and being by the water, biking, camping, bible study and Dominoes. As Jana would say, "you don't have to be nice in Dominoes".
She is survived by her husband, Jeff; daughters, Brooke (Lee) Duncan of McCall, Idaho and Lynn (Marlon) Vander Heiden of New Liberty; step children, Nicole Goettsch of Davenport and Courtney (Amer) Brankovic of Bettendorf; six grandchildren, Jack, Sarah and Marie Duncan and Lane, Lily, and Luke VanderHeiden; 3 step grandchildren, Noah Musal, Madison Wuorinen and Nile Brankovic; mother, Dolores Stankee of Lowden; and brother, Robert (Jacque) Stankee of Camdenton, MO.
Jana was preceded in death by her father.