

As a lifetime artist and art teacher, she started a successful art school in Southampton, PA and later continued teaching art classes in Hancock, NH and at Covenant Living in Grand Rapids, MI. Having traveled to all seven continents, she was always up for an adventure and was still hiking, kayaking, and cross-country skiing at age 88. Jan and her spouse, the late Rev. Howard Caskey, were instrumental in working with Millard Fuller to create Habitat for Humanity and were lifelong volunteers and supporters. She will be remembered warmly by her daughters Pamela Centeno and Susan Strebel and their spouses Mario and John; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; as well as an Ecuadorian daughter, Maria Elena Lopez; and a Vietnamese son, Capt. Mang Vo.
A memorial service will be held Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. in the afternoon with a reception following, Covenant Villiage Independent Living, 2510 Lake Michigan Dr. NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The family welcomes memories and messages at www.cookcaresgrandville.com in their online guestbook.
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