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February 19, 2025
Services
There will be a visitation on Sunday, March 9, 2025, for a half hour at 1:00 PM preceding a memorial service at 1:30 in the Sanctuary at Preakness Reformed Church, 131 Church Lane, Wayne, NJ, followed immediately by a repast in the church parlor, to which all are welcome.
The memorial service at 1:30 will be livestreamed by the church, please click HERE to gain access to the churches website. Once on the website, scroll down the page and click on the View Livestream button. Janet's memorial service will be available online for viewing after the conclusion of the service as well.
Janet Von Glahn Dean of Wayne NJ passed February 19, one day after her 66th birthday.
Janet was born to Henry and Frances Von Glahn and graduated Wayne Valley High School in June 1977. She continued her education at Fairleigh Dickinson in Madison NJ and graduated as an X-ray technician. She worked in this field for over 20 years.
Janet met her husband Pete Dean when she watched him p lay at a nearby club. They married and lived in Franklin NJ. Later they moved to St. Petersburg FL where they visited often with Willa and her family, and Grandma Belle.
Janet was always happy and smiling. Her favorite thing was to give and get hugs. She liked to feed the squirrels in her yard (some of whom ate right out of her hand). She loved all the camaraderie in their trailer park where her and Pete lived in a spacious double-wide before buying their house. Janet was always generous and opened her home to everyone.
After she began to feel sick, she searched for answers to no avail. She ended up returning to NJ where her parents worked tirelessly to get her a diagnosis. She has Multiple Sclerosis. Janet continued to live with both of them, and then just with her mom when her dad died in 2008. When her mom got sick, her siblings Willa, Linda, and Hank moved her into Preakness Healthcare Center in Wayne. Her mom died in 2013.
Janet loved living at Preakness Healthcare Center. She was always the happy and upbeat person, and enjoyed welcoming and meeting new people. She loved the staff and they were so good to her. She lived there until her death.
Janet is survived by her siblings Willa Kippert and husband Rick, Linda Laidlaw and her husband Tom, and Henry (Hank) Von Glahn and his wife Sandi. She is also survived by her nieces and nephews Jonathon Kippert, Shawn Laidlaw, Lynne Koukoutsakis, Karla Kasumovic, and Carl Von Glahn, as well as their spouses and children.
Although Janet had a hard life, she never once complained. Love, smiles, and hugs- that sums Janet up.
In lieu of flowers please consider donating to the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
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There will be a visitation on Sunday, March 9, 2025, for a half hour at 1:00 PM preceding a memorial service at 1:30 in the Sanctuary at Preakness Reformed Church, 131 Church Lane, Wayne, NJ, followed immediately by a repast in the church parlor, to which all are welcome.
The memorial service at 1:30 will be livestreamed by the church, please click HERE to gain access to the churches website. Once on the website, scroll down the page and click on the View Livestream button. Janet's memorial service will be available online for viewing after the conclusion of the service as well.
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