Dean W. Janke, Sr., 84, of Winside, died Sunday, June 5, 2022 at Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk.
Services will be held Friday, June 10 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Winside. Visitation will be held Thursday, June 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Winside. Burial, with military rites, will be in Pleasant View Cemetery at Winside.
Memorials may be directed to Dean’s family for later designation.
Arrangements are with Hasemann Funeral Home of Wayne.
Dean W. Janke, Sr. was born Nov. 30, 1937 to Alfred and Elsie (Eckert) Janke in rural Stanton County. He was baptized Dec. 26, 1937 and confirmed March 25, 1951 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Winside. Dean started school at Rural District #50 and later attended Winside Public School, graduating in 1955. After graduation Dean and several of his classmates enlisted in the United States Army. Dean took basic training at Camp Carson, Colorado and was then stationed at Fort Ord, California. While in the service, he married his high school sweetheart, Lydaisy Mann in Torrance, California on Dec. 21, 1957.
After his discharge in 1958, they returned to Winside and purchased his great grandfather’s, then grandfather’s farm three miles south of Winside. It remains the family farm with the fourth generation - son, Dean Jr. - living there now. There they raised four children - a son, Dean Jr and daughters, Darci, Dawn and Darla.
Dean “retired” from farming, if farmers ever retire, in 1992 and moved to Winside. He was active in St. Paul’s Church serving as an Elder, Council Member and Sunday School teacher. He also served on the Winside School Board and drove school bus for many years. Dean was elected to the Winside Village Board from 2000 to 2012 as Chairman of the Board, thus earning the nickname of “Mayor”.
Through the years, Dean enjoyed his church, traveling and vacationing by car, playing cards, Co-op coffee, IH tractors (pulling, restoring, fixing), car shows with his restored ’63 Ford Fairlane, Cornhusker anything, but most of all, anything family. He spent many hours traveling many miles attending games, concerts, and events of his children and grandchildren. He was a father of four, grandfather of seven, great grandfather of six and “old grandpa” of two.
Survivors include his wife, Lydaisy; a son, Dean (Debbie) Janke Jr. of Winside; daughters, Darci (Kenny) Frahm of Winside, Dawn (Charles) Peter of Winside, and Darla (Tenn) Harbin of Tarkio, Missouri; grandchildren, Shane (Nykee) Frahm, Brady Frahm, Rachel Peter, Matthew (Jaycie) Peter, Dean “Will” Janke III (Taylor), Deserah Janke, Ashley O’Mack; great grandchildren, Christian Frahm (Rachel Field, fiancée), Cale Frahm, Keenan Myers, Wyatt Frahm, Tucker Janke, and Beau Janke; sister, Donna Miller of Garden Grove, California; sisters-in-law, Rose Janke of Winside, Dorinda Janke of Norfolk, Carol Janke of Norfolk, Marsha Thompson of Fremont, Georgiana (John) Meyer of Lincoln; brother-in-law, Andy (Sue) Mann of Woodland Park, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Alfred and Elsie Janke; brothers, Norris Janke and Randy Janke; brothers-in-law, Dean Miller and Roger Thompson; niece, Jennifer Miller, and nephews, Scott Janke and A.K. Mann.
