Easter Services at Kenai Lake Baptist Church
All are invited! Friday’s service will be a somber reminder of what Good Friday is all about, and Sunday will be a day of celebrating our Risen LORD! Please join us for a free community breakfast, 9AM at the CL Community Club, between service times.
Janice M. Osowiecki
Janice M. Osowiecki
Loving Mother, Grandmother, Friend
Thomaston, CT
Janice “Jan” Osowiecki went home to the Lord on Friday, March 22, 2024, having spent her final days surrounded by her children. A verse that brought her comfort was Psalm 73:26“My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever”.
A New Year’s baby, Jan was born in Colorado Springs, CO in 1946. She graduated from Palmer High School in 1964 after marrying her high school sweetheart on senior skip day, circumventing the large formal wedding. Shortly after graduation, she traveled to Alaska to work for the summer and she was the catalyst and inspiration for her family to eventually move to Cooper Landing, Alaska where they owned and operated Sportsman’s Lodge at the confluence of the Kenai and Russian rivers. It was in Cooper Landing where she lost her first husband, met her second husband, and had her children.
Jan led an adventurous, uplifting, and generous life, always willing to do more than her share. She possessed a joyful spirit and a positive attitude that was balanced by a dry sense of humor and a quick wit.
While raising four children she found the time to serve as the vice president of the Cooper Landing Community Club, was an officer of the Advisory School Committee, an EMT, and secretary of the Dall Homemakers. She also wrote the news column “Cooper Landing News Notes” for the Seward Phoenix Log newspaper from 1978 to 1986. Jan began working at the U.S. Postal Service in Cooper Landing, AK in 1979 and after moving to Connecticut she worked in the Terryville, Torrington, and Harwinton Post Offices before she retired in 2013.
Jan loved VW Beetles, owning several in her lifetime, crossword puzzles, reading, traveling to visit loved ones, berry picking, the Saugerties Garlic Festival, pickling jalapenos and making salsa. Her love for art and for others led her to create hand-lettered signs, programs, posters and most recently, homemade birthday cards for friends and family. She was a lifelong musician; she played the piano and the organ for Kenai Lake Baptist Church, Friendship Baptist Church, and Litchfield Hills Bible Church and her daily prayer was that it would be solely for His worship.
Preceding her in death were her parents Kenneth & Mattie Olsen, her first husband Daniel Loewecke and second husband Ludwig ‘Babe’ Osowiecki, brother Larry Olsen, and sister-in-law Joyce Olsen.
Jan leaves behind her most precious treasures, her sons, daughter, and cherished daughters-in-law Brian & Elizabeth Loewecke of Stuttgart, Jeff & Betsy Osowiecki of Thomaston, CT, Jonathan & Charlotte Osowiecki of Big Lake, AK, her daughter Beth Osowiecki of Thomaston, CT and her grandchildren Kristopher Loewecke, Kait & Chris Smith, Sam Osowiecki, Ethan, Luke, Elsie Osowiecki, and great-granddaughter HarlowSmith.
She also leaves behind her in-laws Dick & Carol Loewecke, Bob & Poe Loewecke, Roger Loewecke, Anita & Neil Levorson and Jari & Alan Posselt, Henry & Caroline Osowiecki, James & Lori Osowiecki, Greg Osowiecki Sr., Rebecca Osowiecki, many nieces, nephews as well as her church families at Litchfield Hills Bible Church and Kenai Lake Baptist Church.
A service for all family and friends will be held on Friday, March 29th at 11:00 am at New Hope Baptist Church 371 Pinewoods Rd. Torrington, CT 06790 with a repast immediately following.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to Litchfield Hills Bible Church, P.O.Box 971, Torrington, CT 06790 or to Kenai Lake Baptist Church PO Box 662, Cooper Landing, AK 99572.
Easter Egg Hunt
This Saturday March 30 the Cooper Landing Chamber and Community Club are hosting a community Easter Egg Hunt. There will be games, refreshments and plenty of candy after the egg hunt. All are welcome to enjoy. Egg Hunt starts at 1pm at the community Hall. The Cooper Landing and Moose Pass chambers have donated 2 very special prizes for a couple of lucky kiddos!
We are looking for helpers to hide eggs and help out during the hunt. If you are available please call or text Melissa at (720) 883-6484 or meet us at the hall at noon Saturday.
RV spot at Community Hall
The Cooper Landing Community Club is looking for an individual or couple to be at the Community Hall RV spot beginning in May in a host position. Host duties include:
*Daily opening of the driveway gate by 8:00 a.m. and closing the gate by 10:00 p.m. (later if necessary due to activity at hall. There is no overnight camping for the public or hall users allowed without prior consent from CLCC Board)
*Remove trash weekly or as needed and pick up trash in the area as needed.
*Water flowers and plants weekly.
*Weed whack around all buildings, RV spots, outhouse, and covered pavilion as needed.
*Pick up limbs and debris from wind as needed.
*Enforce general hall rules and no overnight camping rule.
*Stock toilet paper and take out trash in the outhouse as needed.
*Contact board members if anything needs fixed or cared for.
*Meet users at the hall to give keys and do hall walk-through and do hall checkout with groups as needed.
Host must have their own RV. Water hookup, sewer and electricity included. Duties are performed in lieu of rent. If you are interested please email officers@cooperlandingcommunityclub.com with your name, contact info and potential available start date