GOSHEN - Gail Lynn Flickner Jantzen, 42, of Elkhart, died of complications from chemotherapy treatments for Hodgkins Lymphoma at 4:20 a.m. Aug. 1, 2010. She had been a patient at Triumph Our Lady of Peace Hospital, Mishawaka, since July 21.
She was born Nov. 27, 1967, in Oil City, Pa., to Robert S. and Eleanor M. Flickner. On July 20, 1996, she married Eric Jantzen, who survives.
She graduated from Warren (Pa.) Area High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Indiana (Pa.) University. She worked for the State of Indiana as an adoption case manager for the Department of Child Services. It gave her much joy to successfully assist in bringing a family together through adoption. She was a dedicated and diligent worker for children. She was a "Soccer Mom" extraordinaire and loved going to watch the children play and Eric coach. She was a longtime member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Goshen.
Also surviving are two children, Gabriella Marie and Ian Henry, at home; her mother and stepfather, Eleanor and Don Hooker, Leesburg; a brother, Jeff (and spouse Diana) Flickner, Warren, Pa.; her maternal grandmother, Rosemary Daidone, Hampstead, N.C.; and many other family members. She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Flickner; a son, Evan Robert Jantzen; and grandparents, Vincent Schneider, Olan Flickner, Violet Neidel, Peg Flickner and Bonnie Flickner.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Goshen, with Father Christopher Smith officiating.
Calling is from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Yoder-Culp Funeral Home, Goshen.
Casket bearers will be Jeffrey, Robert and Michael Flickner, Dan and Logan Blackford and Dean Jantzen.
Her family wishes to thank all the people who lent their support during her illness. The outpouring of generosity and kindness was overwhelming. She will be missed.
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Memorials may be made to the Ronald McDonald House at Memorial Hospital, South Bend, because of the help they provided when Ian was born; the Dunlap Lions Club; or the Chaplain Services at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis.
