We will miss you, Janeen.

While looking through my files from the last year to find photos of Janeen, I came across several like this where her eyes were wide, bright, and shining. She had a talent for making people happy.

Janeen loved to have fun, tease, laugh, and make us smile, and that's how we'll always remember her.

Memorial Service

Janeen's memorial service will be on Wednesday January 25 at 2pm at the Happy Camp Bible Church, which is the old log church on Second Avenue right accross from the Karuk Community Center (old elementary school), 64301 Second Avenue. After the service there will be a dinner across the street at the Karuk Community Center. Everyone is invited to attend these events.

Missing Janeen

By Linda Martin

January 19, 2006 - It was my good fortune, during the last few years, to have been friends with Janeen Anderson, 32, who passed away on January 17 while sleeping. My memories of her are clear and recent, and I'll be missing her in the months to come. Already my heart is aching for her and her family members, all of whom are dear to me.

Janeen was the sweetest young woman. Often when I visited JavaBob's Bigfoot Deli, her parents' restaurant, she not only took time to talk to me, but also insisted on carrying my things to the car when I got ready to leave. So I've said more than once, "You get the best service at JavaBobs," because nowhere else can you have lunch then have someone willing to help you to your car.

Another thing I'll miss about Janeen is how she often said, "I think Linda Martin and I are cousins," because her mother's maiden name was Martin, and her family and mine came from the same area. Then she'd say, "It's really scary," as if being related to me was a frightening thing. She loved to tease me. I am so sorry I'll never get to hear her say that again.

OK, I am crying now, and I don't like to cry. But there are many memories and reasons why I'll miss Janeen, and those things are all passing through my mind as I try to recover from the shock of losing my friend. I expected her to move away anyhow because she wanted to live in a bigger city, but there's a big difference between missing a friend who's off having fun in the city, and missing one that had a short life.

When I heard she passed away I couldn't help but think of that old saying that only the good die young. If this is true, it most certainly applies to Janeen who was a shining example of purity, consideration, and goodness. Recently she told me several times that if I ever needed anything, to call her and she would be happy to visit and help me in any way.

Several of Janeen's friends dropped by my office today. It seems like everyone is talking about her, and we're all so sad. But Janeen came to me in my dreams two nights ago and was smiling, friendly as ever, and happy. She assured me she was alive and that everything was just fine. Then I woke up the next morning and realized I wouldn't be seeing her again.

Twice when I drove past her driveway the day after she died, something hit the windshield of my car. The second time it hit hard enough to make me wonder if the glass was broken, but it wasn't. I guess I should have dropped by to see her parents and husband, but I was too upset besides having a busy day and feeling like I was sick. I hope her family will forgive me. It isn't like I don't care. This has affected many of us very deeply; I expect we all react in different ways.

Janeen's family includes her parents, Bob and Vicky Schmalzbach, her husband, Kevin Anderson, her sisters Sara and Lisa, and Lisa's husband, Jeff, who used to run the Indian Creek Café.

Now a word about Happy Camp News
and obituaries in general.

I know there are many people who've died in the last few years and haven't been featured here in Happy Camp News. It isn't because I don't care, but more because I don't like to intrude on people when they're grieving. Is that what other newspapers do? I don't know, because I've never written obituaries and don't know how other newspapers come across their information. Though I try to emulate a real newspaper on this website I really don't know much about running one.

I've been planning to install an In Memoriam interactive blog here on Happy Camp News to let people write about the people they love that have passed on. The new section of the site isn't ready yet but I will be announcing it soon. There will also be a new photo gallery available soon that I hope will be accessible to anyone who wants to upload and share photographs of this area and the people who live or have lived here.

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