Jolaine Lanman

Jolaine Lanman lived in Belleville, Illinois, where she built a family life with her husband John and their young son, Kenneth. Public records and contemporary news accounts identify her as a 35‑year‑old mother whose family and home were important anchors in everyday life. Those basic facts — her role as a wife and mother in a close community — are the clearest, most human details available from the public record.

What is publicly documented about Jolaine focuses on the tragic way her life ended on September 27, 1989. For the purposes of a memorial, however, it is appropriate to center what is known about her as a person rather than the events of that day. Jolaine’s home, her family relationships, and the presence of a small child named Kenneth are recurring, verified elements in contemporary reporting; they indicate a life lived around family, the routines of parenting, and neighborhood ties in Belleville.

Public sources do not provide an extended public biography listing career, hobbies, or broader community roles, and no family‑published obituary matching the exact death date appears in the accessible online obituary records. Because the available records are limited, this remembrance honors Jolaine by acknowledging the roles she most clearly held: a wife and mother whose life was grounded in family. The facts in news and court records are treated here only to provide identification and context — they should not be what defines her memory.

To those who loved her and to the Belleville neighbors who knew the Lanman family, Jolaine’s life mattered beyond what appears in public documents. This short remembrance preserves her name, her role as mother to Kenneth, and the simple truth that she was a person with loved ones who continue to remember her. May those personal connections and the private memories of family and friends be the lasting tribute to her life.