Eolyn Jeanette (Jan) Kubasiak, 89, passed away on Tuesday, May 9th 2023 at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis, Michigan.
In accordance with Jan’s wishes, cremation has taken place and there will be no services. Arrangements are being cared for by Dutcher Funeral Home.
She was born on December 31, 1933 to James and Eolyn (Boon) Smullen in Coldwater. She married Neil Kubasiak on April 24, 1953.
Jan graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1953 where she was active in sports and GAA. Her first job was as an usher at the former Main Theater, and she then worked at Shaw Shoes, RB&W Powdered Metals/MPC, and Crotty Corp. in Quincy.
She could yodel with the best of them and could also sing “A Hundred Bottles of Beer on the Wall” as fast as an auctioneer could speak. Jan was fiercely independent, “swore like a sailor” and was tough as nails. She loved being outside, especially mowing her lawn, doing yard work and feeding the neighborhood squirrels. In her younger days she would fly across the yard doing cartwheels to entertain her kids and neighbors’ kids. Jan loved dogs, and there was never a time that she didn’t have at least one, but often had several.
When Jan was in her late 40’s her son, David, took her to a rock concert in Detroit to see her favorite rock star, Bob Seger. She enjoyed playing Yahtzee, Scrabble, Boggle, cards, badminton, tether ball, lawn darts, and croquet.
Jan is survived by her children, Penny (Chuck) Keon of Stevensville, Susan Kubasiak of Coldwater, David and Jocelyn Kubasiak-Fix of Roanoke, VA; her granddaughters Elise Smith of Kalamazoo, and Tia Smith of Nashville, TN; her great-granddaughter Sophia Bush-Smith of Nashville, TN; her sister Sallie (Don) Pope, and many nieces and nephews. Also, her special friends Twyla, Vicky, Ralph, Artie, Lacy, Rosie, and Marcella. Jan was also preceded in death by her many four legged children over the years: Tipper, Tiny Mite, Maggie, Bobo, Tipper 2, Cuddles, Pierre, Morgan, Cricket, Ziggy, Buddy, Trixie, Jackie, Rex, Krash, and most recently her beloved Susie Q.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the Branch County Humane Society.
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