Janae (Heyza) was born in San Diego, California, on March 7, 1966. She moved to Michigan in 1979 where she graduated from Algonac High School in 1984, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern Michigan University in 1988. She was married to Gregory Joseph Houfley on November 23, 2002. She is survived by her two sons, Andrew (Drew) Joseph Houfley, and Nicholas Gregory Houfley, her parents Clement Zenon Heyza and Annette Frances Heyza (Lupenski), and her brother Kurt Clement Heyza. She is preceded in death by her brother, Mark Clement Heyza, who passed February 18th, 2019.
After a career in Material Handling, Janae’s passion and love was raising her two sons. She loved traveling and being around the water. After moving to California in 2003, her family set up permanent residence in Newport Beach, CA in 2009 so she could be by the ocean.
Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 am, February 24, 2021, at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church, 2046 Mar Vista Dr., Newport Beach, CA 92660. A private interment will follow at Pacific View Memorial Park. The family suggest memorials be made to the Hoag Family Cancer Institute