Jeanette Lou (Jan) Stehlik passed away December 14, 2018 at Tabitha in Crete after a struggle with dementia. Jan was born on March 15, 1933 in Beatrice, Nebraska to Louis E. Selk and Bertha (Arnold) Selk. Her father was a lumberyard manager in Plymouth, Nebraska at the time of her birth. He moved to the Sack Lumber Co. in Dorchester, Nebraska and Jan met her future husband, Leonard Stehlik, at the Dorchester elementary school. Jan's father managed several lumberyards and Jan also attended school in Meade, Kansas, Lincoln Northeast High School, and graduated from Chadron High School in 1951. Jan attended the University of Nebraska for two years before she was reacquainted with Leonard when she was on the State 4-H Camp Staff and Leonard was a 4-H leader. Their first date was to the Saline County Fair. Leonard and Jan were married on August 22, 1954 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Lincoln, Nebraska. They first lived at Camp Carson in Colorado, where Leonard was stationed in the Army. After Leonard was discharged, they settled at the farm where Leonard was born north of Dorchester, where they lived together for 60 years and raised four sons and a daughter. In 1971, Jan completed her UNL education and began teaching Art at the Dorchester Public School the following year. She retired 25 years later. Jan was an active member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Crete, Nebraska. She served as the church secretary, taught education classes, sewed Lutheran World Relief quilts, and provided the church with many beautiful banners. She was the State Women's Chairman of the Nebraska Farm Bureau and wrote "The View from the Kitchen Window" for a Farm Bureau publication. She also wrote "The Country Quilter" column for The Crete News and broadcast "What's Doing in Dorchester" for KTAP radio. In 1986 she was selected as the Outstanding Nebraska 4-H Alumni. She was very involved in the Dorchester community, serving on the Centennial History Committee, Community Improvement Committee, and was the Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce. She was a member of the Jolly Doers Extension Club for over 60 years and was a member of the Seward Co. Historical Society. Jan was affectionately known as "The Quilt Lady" and sewed for her family as well as quilts she used in quilt lectures and classes. She won many quilt contests and her work was pictured in quilt magazines and books. She published a book featuring her original designs and presented a research paper to the American Quilt Study Group in 1990. She was a member of the Blue Valley Quilt Guild, the Lincoln Quilters Guild, and the Nebraska State Quilt Guild where she was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018.Jan is survived by her children: Dan of Curtis, NE; Brent (Janice) of Lincoln, NE; Eric of Dorchester, NE; and Bonnie (Mark) Wagner of Petersburg, NE; 6 grandchildren: Melissa Partaka (Chris) of Capac, MI; Adam Stehlik of Omaha, NE; Tyler (Niki) Stehlik of Kramer, NE; Aaron (Bethany) Stehlik of Oxford, MA; Eleanor Wagner and fiancé' Eric Berger of Spalding, NE; and John Wagner of Petersburg, NE; brother Howard Lou Selk of Kenmore, WA; sister Arlene Lou Souders of Wilmington, NC; sisters-in-law Velma Hansen of Dorchester and Rose Marie Heckman of Mill Valley, CA; nieces, nephews, family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Leonard; son Linden; sisters-in-law Letitia Selk and Darlene (Gene) Easley; and brothers-in-law Jim Souders and Wayne Hansen. Memorials can be made to Lutheran World Relief and the Dorchester Community Foundation.  Services will be held on Wednesday, December 19th at 10:30 AM at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Crete.  Visitation will be on Tuesday from 5 - 8 PM at Kuncl Funeral Home in Crete.