JANETTE ZUZALEK
JULY 11TH, 1953 – DECEMBER 4TH, 2009
Our dear friend, Jan died December 4th, 2009, in Santa Barbara, CA, while on vacation visiting her family. She was hit by a vehicle while walking across a street.
Jan was born in Santa Barbara, CA on July 11th, 1953. She graduated from Santa Barbara High School and attended Santa Barbara City College. Jan realized her vocation at the age of 20, when she began her lifelong work in Camphill Village as a member of intentional communities which include people with special needs and gifts. Her compassionate understanding of people was ideally suited to Camphill’s unique environment of living and working in close human relationship. She lived for a year in Beaver Run, PA, at a special school for children, then spent many years in an adult village, Camphill Copake in New York. She spent a year in Finland and for the past 20 years lived in Camphill Village Minnesota as a house parent, head baker and community leader. She served on the local Camphill board as well as being a national Camphill trustee for many years.
Jan loved the outdoors and enjoyed hiking, walking and biking all year around and celebrating nature and her seasons and festivals. She was wonderfully inspired and dedicated to spirit, and was filled with love and genuine and abounding good will and kindness towards people.
Jan is survived by her mother, Jane Zuzalek; her sisters, Yvette Peden and Nanette Covarrubias; her brother-in-law, Jack Peden; nephew, Jacob Covarrubias; many aunts and cousins; and her dear extended family of Camphill and a host of friends from around the world.
May wisdom shine through me
May love glow in me
May strength penetrate me
That in me may arise
A helper of humanity
A servant of holy things
Selfless and true.
Our memorial event for our dear friend, Jan Zuzalek, will be on
Saturday, February 27th, at Camphill Village Minnesota at 2:30 P.M.
We will gather in St. Martin’s Hall (on Celtic Drive; the large red building: Enter building from upper driveway)
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Please RSVP:
Lois Smith
ljsmith@wisperwireless.com
320-732-4124
There will be space for smaller contributions: poems, songs, musical contributions, memories, stories…. If there is anyone who wishes to make a larger contribution to this event, Please contact Lois Smith.
Thanks to all who have reached out to us, and who are carrying us through this powerful moment. We welcome the chance to be together, to celebrate Jan’s life with those in the wider circle of our community.
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Camphill is a rural community where adults with special needs can find a real home with fulfilling and meaningful work and an opportunity to make friends and form lasting relationships.
These adults, along with staff, live in the seven homes on the property and work on the farm and in the garden, in the bakery and the weavery, and perform grounds work and house work.
There are also ample opportunities to discover and develop creativity through drama, music and art. |
