Jamie Renee Laass

Sioux City Journal Friday Edition Long Form with Picture Becker Hunt Funeral Home     Jamie Renee Laass, 48, of South Sioux City, passed away at her home Tuesday, April 10, 2018 of lung cancer diagnosed in January 2017. Services will be held at 10:30 Saturday, April 14, 2018 at Becker Hunt Funeral Home.  Visitation will be Friday, April 13, 2018 from 5-8 P.M. with the family present from 6-8 P.M. at the funeral home.  Burial will be at Logan Park Cemetery.  Online condolences may be given at www.beckerhuntfuneralhome.com. Jamie was born December 17, 1969 in Somerville, NJ, the daughter of Herman and Peggy Laass.  She moved to Nebraska in 1970 with her family.  She grew up in Gothenburg, then moved to Audubon, Iowa, where she spent her senior year of high school, graduating with the class of 1988.  She attended Stewarts College of Hair Design in Council Bluffs, and later received training as a nurse’s aid, Certified Nursing Assistant and ultimately a Certified Medical Assistant.  She loved caring for Alzheimer’s patients and worked in several facilities in Omaha before moving to South Sioux City in 1997.  She was employed by Tri-State Nursing and Siouxland Community Health Center.  She last worked for Avera of Yankton, SD. On August 7, 1999, she married David McFarlin.  They were later divorced.  In her spare time she enjoyed motorcycle rides, vacations, restaurant dining, and attending Husker games. Survivors include her daughter Stevie Long; parents Herman Laass, Peggy and Darrel Muzney; brothers Jeff Laass and Gary Williams; sisters Karen M. Laass and Debra Williams; step-brothers Randy Muzney, Ethan Muzney, Cass Muzney; step-sisters Peggy Jo Ott, Stephanie Muzney, Kylee Hiveley, and Liberty Davidson; nieces Stephanie Totten, Caitlin (Mason) Neimeyer, and Lauren Laass; nephew Richie Lewis; sister-in-law Karen I. Laass, aunts Beth Hendershot, Joanne Kniss, Elaine Chach and Angie Lewis; uncles Vincent Scarponi and Ken Williams; many cousins, and best friend of 26 years, Maria Long. She was preceded in death by her 10 year old son David Paul McFarlin in 2010; her stepfather Richard Williams; stepmother Barbara Jean Laass; her grandparents, Paul and Ruth Herman, Herman and Helen Laass and Violet Williams; an aunt, Michele Scarponi; and uncle Michael Chach; and two cousins Kristi Nichols and Anna Scarponi. Pallbearers will be Jeff Laass, Gary Williams, Randy Muzney, and Cass Muzney, Robert Ehlers and Ethan Ehlers.