Erna Marie Jansen

Lifetime Whatcom County resident Erna Jansen passed away peacefully in her home April 6, 2011. She was born on Feb. 18, 1928 into a large dairy farm family and often talked about her chores and her love for the smell of fresh hay. Erna worked alongside her parents Irene and Carl Muenscher and her siblings Louise, Eleanor, Margie, Carl, and Bob. Erna attended Lynden High School and Bellingham Business School where she studied bookkeeping and accounting. Erna was married to Al Jansen for 22 years. Erna had a strong work ethic and was an active force and co-owner in their landscape construction business. She leaves three children, Ann, Skip, and Mary and nine grandchildren with great memories of her love for traveling, cooking, gardening, and hunting for berries, morel mushrooms, crab, and agates. You could tell the season by what pie she was baking. The beach parties at her cabin at Birch Bay and family holiday gatherings were some of her greatest joys, but most of all she was devoted to her kids and grandkids, who will miss her but treasure their memories. Erna was a founding member of Hope Lutheran Church and remained active through most of her adult life. Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 16th, at Hope Lutheran Church, 900 E. Grover Street, Lynden. You may share your thoughts and memories of Erna in the online memorial guest book at www.molesfuneralhomes.com Moles Family Funeral Homes & Crematory, Bayview Chapel