The funeral service for Janan Helen Gulbrandson of Albert Lea, Mn will be 2:00p.m. Saturday, March 16, 2013 at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea. Father Timothy Reker will officiate. Interment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:00 – 2:00p.m. Saturday at the Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea.
Janan died Thursday, March 14, 2013 at St. John's Lutheran Home. She was 85 years old.
Janan was born March 7, 1928 in Dubuque, Iowa to Martin and Margaret (LaBarr) Kilcoyne. She was a lifetime resident of Albert Lea and attended St. Theodore Catholic grade school and graduated from
Albert Lea High School. She was a member of St. Theodore Catholic Church. Janan married Robert S. Gulbrandson on February 12, 1949. Janan enjoyed doing crossword puzzles, and gardening. She also had a love for cats and living. Most important in her life was her love for her family.
Janan is survived by her husband Robert S. Gulbrandson; three children: Lynn Gulbrandson and his wife Kristie, Gary Gulbrandson and his wife Mary and Pam Copeland and her husband Robert; four grandchildren: Kyle Gulbrandson and his wife Kaici and their children Bryna and Teagan; Andy Gulbrandson, Brian Copeland and his wife Alicia and Kelsey Copeland; sister-in-law: Betty Gulbrandson; brother-in-law: Jerry Gulbrandson and family and many good friends including the Holty family.
Janan is preceded in death by her parents: Martin and Margaret Kilcoyne; brothers and sisters.