Jan Adams Sassenberg
Jan Adams Sassenberg
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Bev
January 5, 2026
Happy New Year 2026 Babe!!! I miss you so much and I love you even more!!! The holidays without you here are not the same but Ed, Shelly and Emmalee make sure that we celebrate together. Shelly always out does herself with all the delicious food and munchies and we all get together for Christmas Day and New Year's Eve enjoying family time like we always have. We go to the cemetery and have a beer or 2 with you and decorate your plot according to the holiday. We all miss you so much and we all love you very much and hope you know that. Everytime we are together something that you used to say becomes a part of our conversation and just makes us realize how much you were part of our lives and how much you still are. Lenora and Steve are so good about keeping in touch with me and the kid's and I am so grateful for them. Lenora even came to Ed's house for Thanksgiving Day and we all had a really nice day together and of course you were with us in spirit, we laughed about some of the memories we shared about you and cried, happy tears, about some of your expressions we remembered and we walked to the cemetery and spent a little time with you. It was a very good day but we miss you more than words can ever say. You're still the first thing I think about when I wake up and the last thing I say goodnight to every night. I love you and miss you so much and it still breaks my heart every single day that you're gone. I hope you're dancing with the Angel's and waiting for me.
Bev
May 27, 2025
I can't believe that it's almost been a year since you died, it doesn't seem possible because it still feels so fresh in my mind and I remember every minute of that day so vividly. I miss you more and more as time goes on. They say that time heals, I don't know what they are talking about because I feel like I miss you more as time goes by than ever. Everyday without you has been so extremely hard and I have to push myself everyday to get out of bed and face another lonely day knowing that you're not here with me and it sucks. You took a part of me with you and my life is so meaningless without you here. You made my life so complete and I feel so heartbroken without you. I miss you and love you so much I hope that you are in heaven dancing with the angel's and waiting for me. I love you with all my heart and soul. Rest in peace my love I will be in touch again soon...
Bev, life partner of Jan's
September 21, 2024
Hello Babe, I am so sorry for not being in touch for a minute, and they say that time helps the grieving. Wrong as far as I know because honestly I'm struggling more with my emotions now than I was in the beginning of you dying. I have been pushing myself to get out of bed everyday lately because I feel so empty and overwhelmed with sadness that I would rather just stay in bed and sleep. I'm not sure what I need to do to make this heartbreak that I am feeling get better, I'm not even sure that it will get better but maybe better is the wrong word, easier is probably the best word that I can think of. If it would just get a little easier to grieve that would help. OK, putting my big girl panties on, I am having your burial and celebration of life on October 12th, 2024, starting at 11am at the cemetery so that we can put you in your final resting place and say goodbye and after that everyone will be going to your Celebration of Life at your favorite place to eat and drink margaritas, CABOS. They are closing to the public in honor of your Celebration of Life private party so that we can all eat, drink and honor your life well lived. Thank you for your love for the last 32 years and join us on October 12th as we celebrate you and share stories of how you were such a part of our lives. I love you with all my heart and soul and I miss you deeply. Hope you're dancing with the Angel's in the sky my love
Bev
July 24, 2024
Still heartbroken and missing you so much, everyday is a struggle for me without you but I will keep on keeping on like you would expect me to do but it is so hard I hope you are happy in heaven and that you are seeing everyone that's been there before you got there. I love you and hope you're dancing with the angels.
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Bev Montellier
July 21, 2024
One of my favorite memories with Jan was when he borrowed his friend Clarence's limo and Jan drove us down to my parents house in Dublin and we parked in front of my parents house and honked the horn and they came out and we took them to dinner and out for ice cream in the limo. My Mom and Dad were so blown away that we would ever be driving a limo for one but also that we would come all the way from Clearlake to pick them up in Dublin in the limo to go to dinner. My Dad and Jan were two pea's in a pod, they became such great friends and enjoyed each others company very much. I loved the way my Dad and Jan got along so well and had a lot of things in common as far as their work history and both of them were in the military. My Dad was in the Navy and Jan was in the Air Force. They would get on the phone together and talk for hours at a time which always amazed me because my Dad never was a phone person until he met Jan. They had a lot of love and respect for one another and they became very close friends which was awesome for me to see 2 of the most important men in my life care about each other as much as they did. My Dad and Jan were both very good solid men and I know how lucky I am to have had them in my life. I love them both very much and know the blessing
they are to me!
Bev
Sue
July 11, 2024
I have such fond memories of Jan and his brothers, Terry and Bill, roller skating at the roller rink in the highlands so many year ago. What fun we had, and what playful and sweet boys...
Bev
July 10, 2024
It's very difficult for me to see your name printed in a Guest Book of memories and condolences for you. I miss you more and more each passing day. It just doesn't seem possible that you're gone forever but I guess that's just my wishing you were still here. Damn it this is so heartbreaking and it hurts so much. I do have so many great memories that we made during our 32 years together. We really did have alot of fun river rafting every summer with Paul and everybody and the fact that I didn't even know how to swim never bothered me because of how much I trusted you. Conquering my fear of water because of you taking the time to show me how much fun we could have going down that river and that there was nothing to be afraid of with you there to keep me safe. You became my HERO from that moment on because you made sure that I felt safe in the water, like I never had before, and could actually have fun in the water instead of panicking and freaking out because I was in the water like I always did until you showed me the difference and that is one of my best memories with you for which I will always be grateful. I love you for being so patient and showing me how easy it was to get over my fear of water. Thank you for teaching me so many things over the years we spent together. I will always love you and miss you!
Bev
Beverly Montellier
July 2, 2024
May you rest in peace my love. This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. I can't imagine my life without you here I have been with you for the last 32 years and I feel so empty without you here. You made me a very happy lady from the first time I saw you I knew you were the one and I will always be grateful and feel blessed for sharing my life with you. You showed me how much you loved me and I am going to miss you so much that it hurts You are a good man and loving you is something I will do the rest of my life. Losing you is the hardest thing I have ever had to do and I'll never be the same without you. Thank you for the last 32 years we shared together , they are the best years of my life. I love you very much and I miss you more and more each day.
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