Lauren Jan Arneson

Lauren Jan Arneson of Redmond, died on Thursday, February 2, 2012. She was 56 years of age.Jan was born on January 2, 1956 in Kirkland, Washington to Dean and Jo Anne Arneson. She was the first baby born in Kirkland that year. She was raised in Redmond and graduated at Redmond High School in 1974. After High School Jan modeled for the Eileen Ford modeling agency of New York. She then went to Beauty School and earned her license as a hair dresser. At the age of 21 she went to work with Northwest Airlines as a flight attendant for 12 years. Her last job, a cashier at the Redmond Home Depot, was in her words, her most satisfying. Jan was an avid reader, loved to snow ski, and she couldn’t get enough of Yellowstone National Park and the beach at Ocean Shores, Washington, where she spent a good amount of her childhood. She loved animals and especially dogs, all kinds and sizes. Jan had an engaging, outgoing, happy personality and will be sorely missed. In 1986 she married Rob Nunn, a pilot with Northwest Airlines and through this union they had a son, Chance. Survivors include a brother Mark Arneson of Redmond, Washington and son Chance, also of Redmond, Washington.Friends and Family are invited to share memories and sign the family’s on-line guest book at www.flintofts.com.