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Jane Marie VanLeuvan
died January 31, 2010

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By: Chantelle	Feb 7, 2010
With Heartfelt Sympathy, May you find comfort in God's word and in the knowledge that others sympathize with you in your loss. Please read John 5:28,29. It has bought comfort to many bereaved persons and myself. I pray it does the same for you.
By: Barb Seba	Feb 3, 2010
I've known Jane since we were about 5 years old, out dad's worked for the same company so she lived a few blocks down the street in Overland Park Kansas but we went to different schools so I'd ride my bike to her house to play. We kept an on and off friendship through junior high, then I moved to Houston. Jane came a year later and I introduced her to my friends, then she made a lot of her own. Somehow I was always set up with one of her friends or George's. We had many double-dates through high school and some very fun and silly times together. Prom night her mom fixed us spagetti and we had Strawberry Hill! After high school I went to Stephen F. Austin and she went to San Marcos. I moved back to Overland Park but I'd visit Houston every year to get caught up and kept in contact with her on my visits. So you could say she's been part of my life for most of it and I will miss her and hope she's at peace in a better place with her mom and dad. I know she missed them very much. Barb Seba, Lawrence, KS
By: Dieke	Feb 3, 2010
Dear Jane Jane and I go back a very long way, to our first year at Westchester Senior High School. I no longer remember just where or when we first met, but afterwards we were practically inseparable. Having spent the whole day and all our breaks at school together, we pursued further conversation by phone upon arriving home. Sleepovers, the Phone and letters were lifelines of communication for us. Whenever I was grounded for misbehaving, my mother took it upon herself to ban use of the Phone, knowing this would definitely motivate me to change my ways. Summer vacations were a mixed blessing for Jane and I: while we were both in Houston, the days were great, filled with hanging around, talking, shopping, and gossiping. However, the vacation inevitably also involved a certain amount of time (i.e. family vacations) away from one another. At such times, we wrote each other letters or kept diaries. I addressed my diary “Dear Jane”. I told it everything and although I have not looked at it, or the letters it also contains, for years, I still have them. When my family moved away from Houston to Canada in my senior year, I was heart-broken and vowed to visit Jane at Christmas. That Christmas, we were reunited only because my dad footed part of the airfare. He probably did so to ensure that he had some peace and quiet. In June of 1972, I moved to The Netherlands and both of us entered college, and life. We kept up the letter writing but saw each other a lot less. Through the years, if I had a business trip to the USA and needed to be in the area, I visited Jane. Then, one year just after I got married, she visited with us. After that, we emailed infrequently. Even so, when we wrote or spoke, it was as if the years melted away. It never seemed to make any difference at all that a year had passed… Such lifelong friends are a gift and I will treasure this one until my dying day. May Jane rest in peace! Dieke van Wijnen – Van Leusen, The Netherlands

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