Jan Pohl is the widow of Pastor Leif Pohl of Muscatine. She is a life long Lutheran and has been active in the 4 parishes that Leif served in his 39 years in the ministry. She sings in the choir, has taught Sunday school and been active in women’s organizations at the local, synodical and national levels. She is currently a member of Grace in Muscatine.

Jan has been an active supporter of the instrumental music programs in the two school districts her children attended, Portage, IN and Muscatine Community School District. All of her children have played the piano in addition to being involved in their school bands and orchestras. Her oldest son played cello in the Iowa City Youth Orchestra. Her twin sons also played in college bands. Jan attended as many of their concerts as possible and supported her children’s participation as a member of several instrumental support organizations.

Jan took her husband, Leif’s place on the Lutheran Chaplaincy Outreach of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics board after his death and is also a member of the Resource Development Committee of LCO.

Jan holds a bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Iowa and retired in June of 2006 from Iowa State University & Muscatine County Extension. She was employed as specialist on accounting in county offices, supporting the bookkeepers in all county extension offices in Iowa and also worked as the bookkeeper and office assistant in the Muscatine County office. She currently keeps the books for a yard care service.

Jan has 4 grown children, Eric, who is a camera repair technician in Rock Island, IL, Jennifer, who is studying to be a cosmetologist in Des Moines, and twins Andrew, who is a production systems administrator Troy, Ohio, and Thomas, who is a computer engineer in Des Moines. Jan has 9 grandchildren, 7 boys, including a set of twins and 2 girls, and number 10 is due in October.

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