A Graveside Service will be held at Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Missouri at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, August 24, 2013 under the direction of Hill & Son Funeral Home, Appleton City, MO. The Minister will be Pastor Tony Reynolds.
The family requests and Memorials for Mrs. Janssen be made to Lutheran Home & Services 800 W. Oakton, Arlington Heights, IL 600004 or Advocate Hospice 205 W. Touhy Ave., Park Ridge, IL 60068 or Community Presbyterian Church of Mt. Prospect 407 N. Main St., Mt. Prospect, IL 60058.
Illinois Services will be at Community Presbyterian Church of Mt. Prospect, Mt. Prospect, Illinois at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, August 22, 2013. Visitation will be at the church preceding the service beginning at 1:00 p.m. under the direction of Glueckert Funeral Home in Arlington, Heights, Illinois.
Louise Gragg Janssen of Mount Prospect, Illinois, was born on June 1, 1925 in Montrose, Missouri to Oral and Ruby (Kirk) Gragg. She departed this life Tuesday, August 20, 2013 in Arlington Heights, Illinois surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Janssen retired from Latoff YMCA. Louise was very active in her church, including but not limited to singing in the choir at the Community Presbyterian Church in Mt. Prospect. She enjoyed travelling extensively, especially to all 50 states and numerous trips abroad.
Louise was preceded in death by her parents and ex-husband, Dale Janssen, whom she married in 1945.
She is survived by her children, Deborah Lynn Dyer, Diane (Douglas) Arfmann, and Gregory Dale Janssen; her grandchildren, Kimberly Lynn Dyer, Ashley Nicole Arfmann, and Brian James Arfmann; and her great-granddaughter, Illiana Grace Dyer-Beale.
