Joseph A. Jansen, Jr.

Joseph A. Jansen, Jr., age 75, of Middlesex Twp., Valencia, passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in the comfort of his home, peacefully in his sleep of heart failure.

Born on August 28, 1948 in West Berlin during the Berlin airlift, he was the son of the late Colonel Joseph A. Jansen, Sr. and Emily Regan Jansen. His father was an engineer officer with the US Army building and extending airfields. 

Active with the Boy Scouts of America, Joe hiked the Tooth of Time Mountain at the Philmont Scout Ranch in NM as a teen and lead a Troop from Houston, TX to do the same in the 1970s. Joe became an adult participant in Conservation at the District Level of the Boy Scouts in PA. 

Joe was a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a Degree in Chemistry and held a Masters’ Degree from the University of Houston, TX. He did analytical chemistry with computer automation for the Penreco Petroleum Plant in Karns City, PA. 

Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Linda Hood Jansen, three brothers, Paul Jansen (Melissa) of Rome, GA, Tom Jansen of Herndon, VA and Bob Jansen (Anne) of Falls Church, Virginia and a sister, Anne Wardinski (Paul) of Burke, VA.

He was preceded in death by a brother, John Mark Jansen in 2013 and by a sister-in-law, Carol Jansen in 2019.

Friends will be received at the McDonald-Aeberli Funeral Home, Inc. 238 Crowe Ave. Mars, PA on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 from 6-7:30 PM. Blessing Services will follow at 7:30 PM at the funeral home with Fr. Charles Bober, officiating. Directions and condolences are available at www.mcdonald-aeberli.com. Memorials may be made to the Boy Scouts of America.