NameJohanna (Jana) Madanski 
Birth11 Nov 1918
Death3 Jun 1943
BurialSt. Michael’s Cemetery, South Hackensack, NJ
FatherAnton Majdanski (1870-1958)
MotherAnna Lasica (1881-1959)
Short bioChanged her name to Joan but spelled it Jana. Died on the operating table at age 24 of complications arising from tuberculosis. Never married, no children. Her great niece, Yahna Kawa’a, took her first name.
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- An amazing photo from around 1929: sisters Patricia Madansky (front left), about 9 years old, Jana, about 11, and Charlotte (back left), 17, with their mother Anna Lasica Madansky, then 48.
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- Edward S. Lawrence Kilinski and Patricia Madansky on their wedding day, Nov. 14, 1942, in Garfield, NJ, with two groomsmen and sister bridesmaids Charlotte, left, and Jana Madansky.
