Condolences
I still have my copy of Jasmin, and it's still as powerful and touching a read as it was when I first read it way back when. I've treasured it ever since. I am so sorry to hear of Jan's passing. I didn't know her personally, but I know she has touched so many lives, whether personally or through her stories. I think I will crack open Jasmin again for old times' sake. My condolences go out to her family and friends!
I knew Jan and Don during the 1980s. My father, the late Thomas York, a fellow writer, was their friend, and we stopped by their country home in Alberta in 1980 for a few days, just at the time Princess Diana's marriage occurred. Her parents were still alive and watching the wedding on the tv. Don and Jan were wonderful hosts and lovely people. Don was a Shakespearean actor with an incredible speaking voice and numerous anecdotes and jokes. He was also a practitioner of Wicca who loved horses. Jan was very kind to my brother and I (we were 12 and 11 at the time) and this wonderful couple made a great impression on us. I had never met anyone like them before. They were eccentric, interesting, artistic people with rich life histories and a great sense of humour. And they were also both very kind loving people. I will never forget them.
It is with great sadness to hear of Jan's death. I send my Condolences to her family. She was my father's cousin who was born in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England. I, however, live in Stafford and did have some contact with her a few years ago during my time searching on Ancestry.
It is a total joy to read these thoughts, left in the digital path of those who wonder by.
I'm glad to know that Jan, my mother, was an inspiration.
Yes. She was an event. A force.
She was loved.
Sally Virginia Truss
so sorry to hear that Jan died.
for she would have wanted that as she truly hated the term that someone 'Had passed away".
so Jan,
from my dearly departed Wayne and my still alive self so sorry to hear of your death.
Brent Rock-formerly of water valley
I recently received the sad news of the passing of my favourite teacher, Mrs. Truss. She was my teacher at Herronton School when I was in grade five and six. I have so many memories of those days. Sally and I became very good friends and we spent weekends together either in Brant or at my house on the farm. I even had the measles one weekend when I was visiting. Friday afternoon at school was special because we always had art class for the entire afternoon. I am sorry to hear of my teacher’s passing.
I am sending my sincere sympathy to Martin and Sally and all the family.
Sandy Howe, now Taylor
Vulcan, Alberta
Over a rainbow bridge to inspire those you encounter. R I P
The day the magic died. Oh, Jan. I will miss you, my Water Valley Touchstone. No matter how many years went by, we always rejoined with the same lovely rhythm. You knew me as a child; you knew where I came from. You asked the hard questions, and helped put words to the pain and the doubt. Your forest oasis was a sanctuary which insisted on a shedding of defeat and the dreary, conforming self and an awakening to dreamy, fanciful, thoughtful, and poetic possibilities. You saw the gift and significance in people and encouraged and nurtured it. You gave rustic, earthy and backwater a sophisticated, learned flare. In your later years, you appeared with your Gandalf like staff and I would not have been surprised for one moment to see lightening flash from its tip and the seas part before you if you so commanded it. You were magic and fantasy meets realism. Ceaseless curiosity, interest and pizzazz. You were alive. You breathed life into every possible moment and aspect of yourself, and pity those who were offended by the effort, by your determination to be you.
Thank you Jan. You were larger than life and will always be a cherished part of mine.
-Tana
Condolences to the family and friends of Jan Truss.
I am indebted to Friendship itself, for it's grace in being able to grow twenty years from mutual ideas around nature, the love of family and from our homes and what makes a good life. I believe we agreed on that very much. I miss Jan for her no-nonsense practicality, her beauty, her voice, her stories and progressive politics. We had fun together. I learned a lot. I made that little willow wreath I spied last time I visited in 2019. Jan was a delightful hostess, with passion and love for all she cared about. Martin, Sally, grandchildren Fraser Dobson and Cassidy Fraser, and great-grandchildren Charlie and Artie Fraser, I will always remember Jan.
May you find comfort and peace in this difficult time.
Sincerely,
Sheila Stevenson
Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan
March 5th, 2022
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