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The Presbytery asks for prayers for Rev. Katie Styrt, Davenport/First Presbyterian Church and family following the passing of her mother, Lisa Brown Jasa on September 28, 2020 following a short battle with pancreatic cancer. A public memorial service will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Lincoln, Nebraska at a later date.
Lisa attended Kenesaw Public School K-12 and graduated from there in 1974. She attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she studied journalism and English, earning a BS degree. She worked as an editor at the Burlington Hawkeye newspaper in Burlington, IA, and then a reporter and later city editor at the Fremont Tribune in Fremont, NE. As a reporter, she wrote her share of obituaries. She joined her sister in business at On the Double, a business services company, in College Station, Texas before returning to study journalism and earn her MS from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
In 1985 she became a communications specialist in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Agricultural Communications in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, where she edited Extension publications and worked on other writing projects. She coordinated and edited the Nebraska Extension newsletter, CropWatch, for almost 30 years, enjoying getting to work with communicators and agricultural specialists and educators from across the state. Her best and most joyous times were those spent with her husband and children and their new families. A member of First Presbyterian Church in Lincoln, she served as an elder, deacon, and member of the Foundation’s Board of Directors and contributed to the work of many committees in the church.
She is survived by her husband, Paul John, daughter, Katie (Philip) Styrt and granddaughter, Helen, of Davenport, Iowa; son, John Jasa and his wife, Kate Weskamp of Boulder, Colo.; sister, Ginny (Clint) Machann of College Station; brother, Gerry (Karen) Brown of Elkhorn; nieces, Shelly (Shawn) Gallagher of Kenesaw; Alena (Kirsten) Horn of St. Louis, MO; Tessie (Tim) of Princeton, N.J., Sarah (John) Piel of Lincoln; brothers-in-law, Tim (Sally) Jasa of Lyons, Chris (Brenda) Jasa, of Bradshaw, Doug Jasa and friend Julie Orwell of Kansas City, MO. She was preceded in death by her parents, Gerald Edward and Bettie Norrine Brown, and one brother, Tom Brown.
We give prayers of gratitude for the life of Lisa Brown Jasa and offer prayers of comfort and peace to the entire Jasa family - especially Katie, Philip, and baby Helen.
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