Linda Braun Howell Janis

It was January, 1959, and we had recently moved to Ann Arbor. Linda was one of the first people to warmly welcome me to AA High. We carpooled together and shared many classes for the rest of the the senior year. She and others from the Michigan Union crew helped me to get my first job in the cafeteria of the Union. After high school, we unfortunately lost touch as I traveled overseas again where I remained for more than thirty years. I often thought about Linda, where she was and what she...

Linda was my older sister. As children, she would cut and break her dolls just so she could patch and heal them. An avid reader, she read and re-read every volume of the Sue Barton Student Nurse series. When we were young teens, our family was on vacation in Maine. Although we knew how to handle a small aluminum fishing boat on an inland lake in Michigan, a long wooden fisherman's dory was very different,--especially the long oars and open oar locks. She and I launched into the ocean but...

Linda was a very important person in my life and my kids Nick and Melissa . She would come one evening a week and hang out with them and I would attend a workshop. She was there when I needed to resolve some family issues. Her patients loved her . She was very active in caring for ADIS Patients in Washtenaw County. I was a visiting nurses aid she was also a great teacher . She was a gift in my life. I will forever cherish. Even when she would be struggling with something in her life she...

Linda was a true friend of over 30 years. We had fun we attended 21annual Sauder Village quilt shows. We shopped consignment stores, thrift stores quilt shops, fabric shops(not the same as quilt shops) and occasionally were able to go to the Shipawana auction. She loved returning to Amish country after having lived in Indiana for some years. She was there to support you for in life´s sadder times too. She was a skilled and caring nurse repected by her colleagues, who was loved by her patients...