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 1883 - 1959 (75 years)
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| Name |
Edwin JANSS |
| Title |
Dr. |
| Birth |
10 Oct 1883 |
Grand Island, Nebraska, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
20 Aug 1959 |
St John's Hospital, Santa Monica. |
- Oxnard Press Courier - August 20, 1959 - Dr. Janss, Developer, Dies at 77
Dr. Edwin Janss, prominent land developer in Southern California and the father of Edwin Janss Jr. and William C. Janss of Los Posas Estates in this county, died last night.
Death, at 77, arose from complications connected with pneumonia and occurred at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica.
He was born in 1882 in Grand Island, Nebraska. He attended the University of Southern California and was a three-year letter man in football. He got his medical degree at Northwestern University, Chicago and interned in Vienna. In World War I he was a naval surgeon.
At the end of the war, he joined his father, Dr. Peter Janss, who had formed the Janss Investment Company in 1910. His brother, Harold, also was associated in the firm which developed Westwood Village in 1925. It is still considered one of America's outstanding planned communities. The company was instrumental in getting the University of California at Los Angeles located at Westwood. It's 87,000 acres of development also included much in the San Fernando Valley, Yorba Linda, Garvey and Los Feliz, and areas in Hollywood and West Los Angeles.
Dr. Janss became chairman of the board of the Janss Investment Corp. in 1928. He and his brother retired from active management in 1954 with control going to the sons, Edwin and William. The corporation sold it's holdings in West Los Angeles and moved operations to the Conejo Ranch in Ventura County, which had been operated since 1911 for thoroughbred horse breeding and farming.
At that time too, land development was discontinued and the company concentrated on cattle feeding in the Coachella valley, the largest in the world. It also operates as a diversified development company with emphasis on oil, real estate and investments.
Dr. Janss is survived by his wife, Florence Cluff Janss, the sons, his brother Harold and eight grandchildren.
He was a member of Sigma Chi and Nu Sigma Nu, the latter an honorary medical fraternity, and the Los Angeles Golf Club. The family home is at 10080 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 am at the Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn, Glendale.
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Headstone
Glendale
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Plot: Sanct. of Brotherly Love, Holly Terrace, Lot 0, Space 10582
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| Person ID |
I5696 |
Long Family |
| Last Modified |
25 Nov 2012 |
| Father |
Peter JANSS, b. 13 Apr 1858, Dolling Huss, St Margarethen, Germany d. 18 Nov 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 68 years) |
| Mother |
Emma S. STOLTENBERG, b. 15 Sep 1858, Davenport, Iowa, Nebraska, USA d. 29 Jan 1944, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 85 years) |
| Marriage |
8 Aug 1879 |
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Family ID |
F1878 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Florence CLUFF, b. 17 Dec 1889, Nebraska, USA d. 4 Feb 1981, Los Angeles, California. USA (Age 91 years) |
| Children |
| + | 1. Patricia C. JANSS, b. 9 Sep 1912, Los Angeles, California, USA d. 2 Jan 1939, Yosemite. (Age 26 years) |
| | 2. Jr Edwin JANSS, b. 10 Oct 1915, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| | 3. William C. JANSS, b. 9 Jun 1918, Los Angeles, California, USA d. 4 Dec 1996, Sun Valley, Blaine, Idaho, United States of America (Age 78 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1879 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
25 Nov 2012 |
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