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Jane Eleanor Malmgren
02/06/1945 — 02/06/2008
From Pasco, WA, US | Born in Pasco, Washington
Jane Eleanor Malmgren
Jane Eleanor Malmgren, 63, of Pasco passed away Wednesday February 6th, 2008 in her home after a brief yet determined fight with a very quick moving cancer, her daughters, sisters, and family members at her side.
Jane Nelson Malmgren was born in Pasco WA on February 6th, 1945 to Marjorie Lucile Finley and Wesley James Nelson.
Jane grew up in the Prosser, Benton City and Tri-City areas where she worked as a waitress in different restaurants for many years before becoming a Hanford Patrol Officer. Jane started on Patrol in the late 1970's where she ran traffic for many years & was ultimately promoted to Shift Captain. She finished her career as a Hanford scheduler. While working as a scheduler, she met Carl E. Malmgren Jr. her best friend and the love of her life. They were married April 29, 1995.
She is survived by her daughters Donna Hubbs Steve of Walla Walla, and Cheryl Sutliff Phil of Kennewick; step-daughters Rachelle Wiley Jason of Prosser, Tonja Tosh Jeff of Wyoming; sisters Connie Danielson Kirby of Lavina Montana, Wilma Bastian of Lavina Montana, Evelyn Freitage Paul of Mountain Home Idaho; sisters-in law Phyllis Kreuger Dick of Snohomish, Donna deGraff Fred of Outlook; grandchildren, K.C., Kara, Jessica, Christopher, Anthony, Brady, Ashley.
She was preceded in death by her husband Carl, her parents, 2 sisters, and her brother.
Celebration of Jane's life will be held Tuesday February 12th 2008, at 10:00 a.m. at Einan's Funeral Home, Richland WA. A gathering of friends and family for all who want to attend will follow the service at Jane's home in Pasco. There will be a Graveside service in Sunnyside at Lower Valley Memorial Gardens Wednesday February 13th 1:00 p.m.
Those wishing to may contribute to the Tri-Cities Chaplaincy Hospice, 2108 W. Entiat Ave., Kennewick, WA 99336 or the Tri-Cities Cancer Center, 7350 W. Deschutes Ave., Kennewick, WA 99336.
I remember meeting you for the first time and thinking what a nice person and LOOK I have sisters! The Bon Marche spelling – sorry, the BLT’s and a small soda. Camping, boating, fishing, dusting, mowing the lawn I was SO not good at that. There were firecrackers, smoke bombs in the mailboxes and you were such a brave soul to drive alone with 5 kids in a station wagon from California back to Washington. I remember all the times you never made me feel like I was not part of “your family”. Thank you for everything – I love you!
Dear Family of Jane,
Please accept my condolences on the loss of your loved one.
Jane and I worked on Hanford Patrol. She was a co-worker and friend. I will miss her. May God help you through this difficult time, with your wonderful memories of her.
My heart goes out to her daughters and all the rest of the family. Her passing leaves a big empty spot for all of us left behind. I so much wanted to re-connect with her these past few months and was not able to do so in person, only with a few emails. I admired her new found talent for her art work and bought a group of her cards and the picture of the little fox which I have as a magnet. Through the years, she contributed a great deal of service work to the people in the meetings and was such an asset to us all. Being such an inspiration for me, as well as many others — she will be missed for a long, long time to come.
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Jane Eleanor Malmgren