Funeral services for Jeanette Lynn ‘Jeanie’ Ochs, 64, Lawrence, will be at 10:30 am Tuesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dr. Tom Brady officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. Jeanie died Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, following a long and courageous battle with cancer.
She was born June 10, 1953, in Great Bend, Kan., the daughter of Lorenz E. and Norma C. Ackerman Ochs. She graduated from Great Bend High School, where she was active in journalism and yearbook. She was a Girl Scout, a member of the She Sharks swimming group, and a member of First United Methodist Church. She later earned a Bachelors of Science degree from Kansas State University. Jeanie worked as office manager in the Department of Mathematics at Kansas State University. She moved to Lawrence in 1982, and held the same position at Kansas University. Later she began working for Gill Real Estate as Office Manager, where she earned her real estate license, and then worked as the office manager for the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce. Most recently she worked as a bookkeeper for Jetz Laundry Services in Topeka. Jeanie enjoyed gardening, cooking, sewing, canning, collecting antiques, and traveling with family.
Survivors include her mother, Norma Ochs, Lawrence; two brothers, Mitchell Ochs (Jeanette), Great Bend, and Stephan Ochs (Judy), Fernandina Beach, Fla.; nieces and nephews Andrew Ochs, Cliffie Ives (Derrick), Rebecca Probst (Shawn), and Philip Ochs; and great nieces and nephews Darrin, Brady, Riley, and Presley Ives.
Friends may call from noon to 8 pm Monday at the funeral home. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 10 am until service time. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the University of Kansas Cancer Center, in care of the funeral home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS, 66044. Online condolences may be sent at rumsey-yost.com
Sweet JO – thanks for taking a chance on me so many years ago and hiring me at the Chamber. I loved working with you, such fun times with my sugar plum fairy kitty kitty! You will be missed!
Jeanie, my dear friend, my sorrow of losing you runs deep.
My love for you is great. I am so very thankful to have had you in my life.
Your generous spirit and wisdom beyond your years will hold fast in my memories of you. Along with your easy smile and quick to laugh personality ~~ I will keep you in my heart forever. Thank you for being you!
Thanks, Jeanie, for the years we kept in touch after GBHS. I didn’t know about your illness. And now you’re gone. I am so sorry. My deepest to your family.
Dear Cousin Jeanie – You always treated your younger cousins with kindness – I will never forget your smile and infectious laughter. With Love, S
Goodbye my Friend, you are the thousand winds that blow, the diamond glints of snow, you are the gentle autumn rain, the soft stars that shine at night, the soft rush of birds in flight, forever in my heart. Forever. May God hold your family tightly. See you around, my Wildkitty!!
colleen
Jeanie, You will be missed so much, being the Outgoing person you were. Prayers for Family, and Close Friends.
Deepest sympathy to Jeanie’s family. May the arms of Jesus hold you close and comfort you in the days ahead.
Deepest sympathy to Jeannie’s family. May the arms of Jesus hold you close and comfort you in the days ahead.
My sympathy to Jeanie’s family and friends. I have happy memories of my friendship with Jeanie during high school at GBHS. I am sorry to hear about her illness.
My deepest sympathy to the Family. Jeanie and I had some good times in Jr High and High School!!!
Jeanie Jeanie Bo Beanie-you will be missed so much.