Ruth Joan Landen

RUTH "JOAN" (STANG) LANDEN February 20, 1939 ~ June 29, 2018 Ruth "Joan" Landen, 79, died peacefully on Friday, June 29, 2018 in Vancouver, Washington. Joan was born on February 20, 1939 in Hastings, Nebraska to Clement and Anna (Sander) Stang, the 9th of 14 children. After graduating from high school in Hugo, Colorado, class of 1956, she moved to Denver. She met Royce, her husband of 44 years, there and they were married from May 1959 until his death in 2004. Royce and Joan lived in several places, moving when he was transferred for work. Wherever they went Joan enjoyed working and with her many skills as a secretary she found work easily. She worked for Wesco Fabrics in Denver, then in hospital pathology at West Nebraska General Hospital in Scottsbluff, Nebraska and Sonoma County Hospital in California, and lastly at Ryerson Steel in Portland, Oregon. Joan will be remembered for her classy, fun-loving, creative, and generous nature. She enjoyed traveling all over the U.S. with Royce, bowling and going to movies with family, reading, listening to music, playing bridge and pinochle with friends, and golfing. Playing the course at Pebble Beach was a dream come true. She was enthusiastic about the annual Stang family reunion and was a dedicated and beloved attendee all her life-enjoying time with siblings and seeing her many nieces and nephews as well as the younger generations as they came along. She is survived by her daughters, Roxanne and Jon Hooper, Rhonda and Kevin Davies, and Renae and Susan Standen; grandchildren, Erik Davies, Kaitlin and her husband Cameron Prichard, and Harry Hooper; and siblings, Virgil (Red), Jerry, Ronnie, Connie, and Bill. She was preceded in death by her husband, Royce; son, Rusty; parents, Clement and Anna; and siblings, Eddy, Bob, Tina, Liney, Lorine, Luella, Ken, and Donny. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 28, 2018, at 12:30 p.m. at Evergreen Memorial Gardens Chapel in Vancouver, Washington. There will be a private interment at a later date. Donations in her honor may be made to Community Home Health and Hospice of Vancouver, WA at www.chhh.org or to Alzheimer's Foundation of America at https://alzfdn.org

Ruth Joan Landen

February 20, 1939 - June 29, 2018