Wellington, New Zealand to her English father Bernard Hugh Davidson of
Wellington, New Zealand, and her American mother Phyllis Lorraine
Davidson of Spokane, Washington. In 1953, Jan’s parents moved the
family to Spokane where Jan lived the rest of her life.
Jan and her three sisters all attended Lewis & Clark High School in
Spokane. Jan graduated in 1965.
Jan went on to have two children whom she raised as a single working
mother. While raising her children, Jan studied at Spokane Community
College. In 1976 Jan earned an AA degree in Architectural Drafting, and in
1978 she earned a diploma in the college’s Horticulture program. In 2006
Jan earned a Certificate of Achievement at the Floral Design Institute of
Seattle.
Jan officially retired from the workforce in 2018 after lifelong service in the
food and beverage industry and in the hospitality industry. Her last place of
employment was at Northern Quest Casino in Airway Heights, Washington.
Only two weeks after the discovery of a sudden onset of an aggressive
form of cancer on the peritoneum, and only four days after celebrating her
76th birthday, Jan passed away at Holy Family Hospital in Spokane on
Saturday, September 9, 2023.
Jan is survived by her two children: Shanni Steik and David Harker; her
three sisters: Dawn Hall, Alison Davidson, and Lori Davidson; six
grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
Jan was a lover of books and plants. All her life, Jan cultivated a home
library comprised of rows and rows of books on numerous bookshelves
throughout the house. Jan also surrounded herself with a plethora of
houseplants and garnered the unmatched reputation for growing all forms
of plants successfully (when no one else could) in and around her home.
Jan’s family is convinced that God has given her a sunny greenhouse to
tend to where she can bask in the love and glory of our Great Father in
Heaven for as long as she wishes from this point forward.
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