Jann Louise Castleberry

It is with great sadness that we announce that Jann Louise Castleberry passed away peacefully at her home in Kirkland on October 2nd, 2025 surrounded by her family after a 4-year battle with ALS. She was born January 19th, 1948 in Grays Harbor, Washington to Louis (Bud) and Esther Alexander.

Jann grew up in Hoquiam, Washington with older brothers Martin (Buddy) and Les and graduated from Hoquiam High School in 1966. She met and married her husband of 58 years Joe Castleberry after graduation and moved to the Seattle area soon after to start their family. Jann had two sons, John and Jeff and was very involved in their activities such as baseball, soccer and football, church youth groups and Interlake High School PTA in Bellevue where she served as President for 3 years. They lived primarily on the Eastside of Seattle in Kirkland, Redmond and Bellevue and later lived in Belfair Washington and most recently in Surprise Arizona.

She started a career in real estate at Century 21 Real Estate in Kirkland Washington and also spent time working for Windermere Real Estate over the next 3 decades in the profession. Jann was also actively involved in supporting downtown Kirkland businesses (KDA) and the commercial real estate investments they had in Kirkland.

Jann loved to travel and had many family vacations to Hawaii, Lake Chelan and boating in the San Juan Islands and was also able to visit Israel with her church twice. Jann’s special place was the cabin at Lake Quinault where she could cook, garden and work on her book “Trails and Trials of the Olympic Peninsula”. Hearing her whistling around the cabin or her home will be greatly missed by her friends and family.

Jann’s faith was very important to her and she was actively involved at Overlake Christian Church in Kirkland, Christ the Rock Church in Port Orchard and Christ’s Church of the Valley (CCV) in Surprise Arizona. She was also part of a bible study group with her friends at Lake Quinault. Her faith inspired those who knew her and supported her reputation as a “Goer and a Doer” like her mom Esther. She deeply enriched the lives that knew her.

The Family would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to the staff at UW Medical Hospital and Evergreen Hospice in Kirkland for their compassionate care of Jann during her time with ALS.

She is survived by her husband Joe Castleberry, her son Jeff and her son John and his family (wife) Peggy, (Granddaughter) Lanie Kinzer (Issaquah) and (Grandson) Peter Castleberry all residing in Washington.

A memorial service is set for 11:00 a.m. Saturday November 8th, at Christ The Rock Church in Port Orchard Washington and a time of sharing memories for friends and family will follow.