D. Maas

Dora Jane (Janie) Cady Maas was born on November 12, 1932, to Dale Cady and Grace McKenney Cady Thiele in Burke, South Dakota.

She went to be with Jesus on April 9, 2009, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa.

She was married to Max Maas on July 18, 1952. They farmed north of Massena, Iowa, where they had one daughter, Elizabeth. In 1958, Janie and Elizabeth moved to California, where Janie lived until 1972.

She returned to Iowa to care for her father, Dale, until his death. Later she moved to Anita to help her mother care for Andy Thiele. Janie worked for Home Health Care for many years. After retiring, she worked for I Care About Kids.

Janie is survived by her daughter Elizabeth Tobak; six special "granddaughters," Jill, Angela, Lydia, Alyssa, Haylee, and Lynette; her brother-in-law, Ralph Stone of Riverside, CA; her uncle Jim Cady of Coon Rapids, Iowa; nieces, Shelly Curtis of Corvallis, OR, Suzanne Gorter of Las Osas, CA; and nephew, Robert Stone of Palm Springs, CA. Also surviving are several other nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her sister Rosemary Stone; her stepsister; Donna Caruth; aunts; and uncles.
A memorial service will be held on May 5, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. at Good Shepard Lutheran Church in Adair, Iowa.

Hockenberry Family Care in Anita, Iowa, is assisting with arrangements.