Saturday, January 23, 2021
I am Dana's brother. Jan was my stepmother from age 13 on. I was impossible to her as a young teenager, but she never responded with anger. Instead she won me over with chocolate chip cookies. Jan was loving and kind, and gracious in the face of many challenges. It was not easy being a Kanwit by marriage. Jan accomplished many things in her life, but raising the remarkable woman that Dana is has to be her proudest achievement. No mother loved her daughter more. I honor Jan's memory with gratitude and humility, knowing that she was generous to me in countless ways. And I will be forever grateful that she gave me my little sister!