Alvin F. Jan, Sr.
1917 - 2009 (91 years)Person ID: I16095 | Last Modified: 26 Feb 2026
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Name Alvin F. Jan Suffix Sr. Gender Male Birth 13 Sep 1917 Sealy, Austin County, Texas, USA 
Died 17 Mar 2009 Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA Buried Davis-Greenlawn Cemetery, Rosenberg, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA [1] -
Parents
Father Leopold Jan (ID:I16088)
b. 19 Oct 1882
d. 30 Mar 1944 (Age 61 years)Mother Anna Petrusek (ID:I16089)
b. 12 Oct 1882
d. 14 Mar 1946 , Austin County, Texas, USA (Age 63 years) Marriage 1908 
Siblings3 brothers and 5 sisters -
Family
Wife Etheleen Ressler (ID:I16145)
b. 23 Apr 1923, Crosby, Harris County, Texas, USA
d. 19 Jun 2012, Sugarland, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA (Age 89 years)
Children + 1. Arthur Lee Jan, Sr. (ID:I16146)
b. 14 Mar 1946, Austin County, Texas, USA
d. 7 Sep 2020 (Age 74 years)2. Living (ID:I16147)3. 
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Event Map
Birth - 13 Sep 1917 - Sealy, Austin County, Texas, USA 
Died - 17 Mar 2009 - Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA 
Buried - - Davis-Greenlawn Cemetery, Rosenberg, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143400033/alvin_f-jan.
Fort Bend Herald, March 19, 2009:
Funeral services for Alvin Jan, Sr., 91, of Pleak, are 2 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 2009, at First Presbyterian Church in Rosenberg, with the Rev. Charles Teykl officiating. Interment follows in Greenlawn Memorial Park in Rosenberg. Visitation is 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, March 20, at Davis-Greenlawn Funeral Chapel in Rosenberg.
Alvin was born Sept. 13, 1917 in Sealy to Leopold and Anna Jan. He was a veteran of World War II, having proudly served his country in Normandy, Northern France, and the Rhineland. He was a member of the American Legion for 46 years during which he served as Commander, Finance Officer, Executive Committee Member, and Membership Recruiter.
After the service, he opened a garage in Needville and eventually opened Jan’s Texaco Station in Pleak, later relocating to Rosenberg and adding Al’s Small Engine Repair. In 1976, he moved Al’s Small Engine Repair to Pleak near his residence, retiring in 1985. Alvin was a member of the Needville Presbyterian Church. He enjoyed camping, gardening, fishing, playing dominoes, and, most of all, spending time with his family. He passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in Richmond.
Alvin was preceded in death by his parents, Leopold and Anna Jan; sisters, Rosie Kalina, Emily Teykl, and Marcie Sabrsula; brothers, Lumir Jan, Emil Jan, and Orville Jan; and granddaughter, Tami Jene Jan.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Etheleen Ressler Jan of Pleak; children, Alvin Jan Jr. of St. Croix, Art Jan and wife, Linda, of Needville, and Faye Jan of Rosenberg; grandchildren, Tami Lynn Jan and husband, Ward Galbreath, Dusty Jan, Lee Jan and wife, Patti, Shelley Wendt and husband, Wade, Nathan Jan and wife, Marissa, Collin, Cuyler, Cameron, and Cori Pawlak; great-grandchildren, Kaiya and Quinn Galbreath, Meghan, Madelynne, and Newt Jan, Kirby, Coleman, and Madison Jan, Mitchell and Nolan Wendt, and Alexis Fluitt; sister, Adelle Marek; and other relatives and many friends.
Pallbearers include Lee Jan, Nathan Jan, Dusty Jan, Collin Pawlak, Cuyler Pawlak, and Cameron Pawlak. Honorary pallbearers include Newt Jan, Coleman Jan, Quinn Galbreath, Mitchell Wendt, Nolan Wendt, Ward Galbreath, and Wade Wendt.
Donations may be made in memory of Alvin to American Legion Post No. 271 Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 814, Rosenberg, Texas 77471, or to St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, 9122 Church St., Needville, Texas 77461, or to First Presbyterian Church of Rosenberg, 1400 Radio Lane, Rosenberg, Texas 77471.
Words of condolence and memorial tributes may be left for the Jan family at Web site www.davisgreenlawnfh.com.
Service arrangements are under the direction of Davis-Greenlawn Funeral Home, 3900 B.F. Terry Blvd. in Rosenberg, 281-341-8800.
