Costa Mesa, CA \u2013 Joan T. (Radke) Rans, 90, passed away peacefully
\nsurrounded by her loving family on December 7, 2020.<\/p>\n
Born in Newton, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late August C.
\nand Helen M. (Litzelman) Radke. She served in the United States Air
\nForce as a Captain and was honorably discharged, serving from 1957
\nuntil 1961. Joan obtained a Bachelor of Nursing Science degree from
\nSt. John\u2019s College of Nursing in Springfield, IL in 1951. She was a
\nRegistered Nurse in healthcare for many years. Joan was a lifelong
\nlabor and delivery nurse, working for Dr. Clarence Young in Apple
\nValley, CA, St. Mary\u2019s Hospital also in Apple Valley, CA and at
\nKaiser Permanente Hospital in Orange, CA. She was a member of the
\nNational Association of Catholic Nurses. Joan was an avid reader, and
\na friend to everyone she met. Her loving smile, good nature, genuine
\nkindness and quick wit will be missed by all who knew and loved her.<\/p>\n
Joan is survived by her children, Max Rans and his wife Donna (Comeau) Rans of
\nSouth Boston; Eric Rans and his wife Michele of Costa Mesa, CA; her sister,
\nEvelyn Null of Joliet, IL; grandchildren, Monique, David and Rachel
\nRans of Boston and Sofia Rans of Costa Mesa, CA; and several nieces
\nand nephews. She was predeceased by her sisters Rose Marie Buerster,
\nNancy Radke and Maxine Geltz.<\/p>\n
A celebration of Joan\u2019s life will be in Sainte Marie, IL in the summer of 2021. A month’s mind Mass will be celebrated on December 30 at 9:00 AM at the Gate of Heaven Church, East 4th St. South Boston. To offer condolences please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook or www.comeaufuneral.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Costa Mesa, CA \u2013 Joan T. (Radke) Rans, 90, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on December 7, 2020. Born in Newton, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late August C. and Helen M. (Litzelman) Radke. She served in the United States Air Force as a Captain and was honorably discharged, serving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ma","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}