Shirley Mae Jan, 86, passed away from natural causes on Dec. 1, 2017, at the Annapolitan Assisted Living Center in Annapolis, Maryland, after a courageous multi-year battle with Alzheimer’s.

Shirley was born on May 9, 1931, in Austin, Minnesota, to Corrie and Ruth Bagley Hanson. She grew up in Austin and graduated from Austin High School in 1949.  After high school, she attended one-year of x-ray technician training at Minneapolis General Hospital.

Shirley married Lloyd V. Jan in 1951 in Austin. As the mother of five children and the wife of a U.S. Army Green Beret, Shirley traveled the globe for 20 years, living at numerous Army bases across the U.S, France and Japan. She worked as a certified chiropractic assistant in Severna Park, Maryland, for nearly a decade and completed her career as a medical record transcriptionist in Annapolis.

Shirley was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd V. Jan, MAJ USA, of Severna Park; her son, Kolin M. Jan, CAPT USN, of Ridgeley, West Virginia; her daughter, Karen R. Jan of West Palm Beach, Florida; and her granddaughter, Jessica Hill of Lorton, Virginia.

Shirley is lovingly remembered by her daughter, Lisa Jan of McHenry, Maryland; her daughter, MaryEllen Seehafer, and her husband, Erich Seehafer, of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; her son, Eric Jan, and his wife, Deborah Jan, of Annapolis; her grandchildren, Bryan Jan, Lauren Kichinko, Reade Harbitter, Evin Urban, Roxanne Harbitter, Lieutenant Ryan Jan, USAF, Ensign Kaitlyn Jan, USN, and Kelly Jan; five great-grandchildren; her sister, Charlotte Braaten of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota; and her brother, Raeburn Hanson, and his wife, Patricia Hanson, of Waltham, Minnesota.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at Red Oak Grove Church in Austin. Shirley wished to be cremated and buried next to her husband, Lloyd, at Oakwood Cemetery in Austin.