Linda Jan (Lanser) Danziger died peacefully at home on July 18, 2025, at the age of 82, in Burlington, Vt.
She was born in Fort Bragg, N.C., on May 18, 1943, and grew up in Littleton, Colo. She received a bachelor’s degree in art education with a minor in math and a master’s in art education from the University of Denver. After marriage she moved to Plainfield, Vt., and bought a house and 30 acres on East Hill Road with her former husband, Jeff Danziger. She loved Vermont. She taught art for 48 years at Twinfield Union School. For 30 years she was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma sorority for educators. In 1986 she received the Outstanding Teacher Award from the University of Vermont College of Education. She coached Destination Imagination for 30 years and won the Pat Dilego Award in 2024. She was the treasurer for the Plainfield library for many years.
Jan touched the heart and soul of everyone she met and inspired many of her students to pursue careers as artists. She enjoyed reading, painting portraits, playing cards with friends, teaching photography, and drama. She loved being in the Gilbert and Sullivan plays performed at the Plainfield Town Hall. Jan was also a gardener, proud of her beautiful, fully landscaped gardens wherever she lived. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
Jan is survived by her daughter, Kim Chanthany Danziger, and partner Alex Shepard; sister, Susan, and Jerry Voluvka; sister-in-law, Pam Lanser; and her daughter-in-law, Kiyomi Danziger. She was predeceased by her son, Matthew Danziger; brother, Randy Lanser; and parents, Vivian and Roland Lanser.
A celebration of life will be on August 29, 2025, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Plainfield Town Hall.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Humane Society of Chittenden County, where Jan adopted her beloved cat Chloe.
Arrangements are in the care of Ready Funeral & Cremation Services. To send online condolences, please visit cremationsocietycc.com.
This article appears in Seven Daysies 2025.