Janean Jackman Petersen

Janean Jackman Petersen obituary, Soda Springs, ID

Janean Jackman Petersen

Janean Petersen Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Sims Funeral Home - Soda Springs on Mar. 17, 2025.

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Janean Jackman Petersen, 92 years of age of Soda Springs, Idaho passed peacefully at Heritage Senior Living of natural causes on March 10, 2025. She was born on June 1, 1932, in Salt Lake City, Utah. A daughter of Rulon Leo Jackman and Luella Florence Jenkins Jackman. She was the youngest of 3, she had a sister Leiola and a brother Lynn.
She married Melvin Collins Petersen in Portsmouth, Virginia on August 23, 1948. To this union, she was blessed with 7 children, 5 girls and 2 boys. Melvin and Janean later divorced in 1978, and Melvin passed on April 4, 2016.
Janean was preceded in death by her parents, brother Lynn and Sister Leiola, Melvin, her daughter Leann Preece and husband Dean Preece, her son Glen, son-in-law Delbert Goodwin and daughter-in-law JoAnn Petersen.
She is survived by her daughter Terrie Goodwin of Taylorsville, UT, her daughter Jolynn and husband Dave Stults of Stansbury, UT, son Lane Petersen of Brigham City, UT, daughter Bonnie and husband Elwin Dana of Star Valley, WY, daughter Gloria and husband Steve Childs of Lapine, OR, twenty-five grandchildren, sixty-nine great-grandchildren and 42 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Friday, March 21, 2025, at 1:00 P.M. at 420 E. 1800 N., North Logan UT. Family and friends may visit prior to the service from 12:00-1:00 P.M. Burial will follow in the Providence City Cemetery, 925 River Heights Boulevard, Logan, UT
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