Janice Leah Konrade, 79, was born December 9, 1945, to Emery and Marian (Hoesing) Heine in Yankton, South Dakota and died Sept. 15, 2025 at Village Manor in Abilene.

She attended grade school in St. Helena, Nebraska, and graduated from Mount Marty Catholic High School in Yankton. Jan went on to earn her bachelor’s degree from Creighton University and her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Nebraska in 1968.

She began her career at Methodist Youthville in Newton, Kansas, and from 1970 to 1975 worked for the Dodge City Diocese Migrant program. On August 1, 1970, Jan married the love of her life, Reginald Konrade, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Helena, Nebraska.

Jan and Reg made their first home in Ulysses, Kansas, before moving to Abilene in 1976. There, Jan de

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