No Visitation

Celebration of Life
Memorial Service
Was held at 1:00 P.M.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
First Baptist Church Mannford
105 Greenwood Ave.
Mannford, Oklahoma 74044


Interment Followed...
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mannford, Oklahoma


*Flower/plant orders may be delivered
to the funeral home.*



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Memorial Gifts may be given to:
Wounded Warrior Project 
P.O. Box 758516
Topeka, Kansas 66675
in Jan's honor and memory.
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JEANNETTE LILLIAN COMPTON
"JAN"
AGE     79
BORN
February 18, 1945 in
Philadelphia, PA.
ENTERED REST
January 31, 2025 in
Muskogee, OK.
  PARENTS  
Milton & Ethel Hofmann
  RETIRED  
Nurse   U.S. Army
   MARRIED  
 March 4, 1976 in Tulsa, OK.

PREDECEASED BY:
   PARENTS,  
 HUSBAND  Gary & 
SISTER  Dorothy Palmer

SURVIVED BY:
NIECES
Nowelle & Albert Grills of Hope Valley, RI.
Linda Underhill & Roland Stanley of Richmond, RI.
Julie & Chris Pickens of Warr Acres, OK.
NEPHEWS
Kevin Palmer of Wakefield, RI.
Nathaniel Palmer & Marie Machaud of Hope Valley, RI.
Cody & Kelly Compton of Norman, OK.
Clay & Juli Compton of Ft. Gibson, OK.
Ronnie Compton of Okla. City, OK.
MOTHER-IN-LAW & BEST FRIEND
Hazel Compton of Mannford, OK.
BROTHERS & SISTER-IN-LAW
David Compton of Mannford, OK.
Ronnie & Sherry Compton of Warr Acres, OK.
NUMEROUS GREAT NIECES NEPHEWS
 & OTHER RELATIVES



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The following was lovingly written by Jan's family...




Jeanette Lillian "Jan" Hofmann Compton

What does it mean to live a Life of Service?
There are many definitions and illuminations 
but, basically, it all comes down to this:
A Life of Service is full time.
 It's a mindset. 
It's about looking at the world 
and asking yourself how you
can make it better,
 and then doing those things day after day ….
 for someone else …. 
just because you can.

Jeanette Lillian (Hofmann) Compton 
was born on February 18, 1945
 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to
Milton and Ethel (Riggs) Hofmann. 
She had an older sister Dorothy Anne.
Jeanette, a budding ballerina, 
took ballet lessons
 for most of her childhood years.
Jeanette was also an
 accomplished seamstress.
 She enjoyed making a lot of her own clothes. 
Her mother, Ethel, was a 
professional seamstress, 
making men's business suits. 
This is where Jeanette
learned her love of sewing.
As a young girl, Jeanette loved visiting her 
great grandmother in Wilmington, Delaware 
during the summers.
 Her great grandmother ran a 
boarding house for the DuPont's. 
This is where she met her lifelong friend, 
Nancy.

Jeanette graduated high school in 1964 
and in that same year, when she was 
only 19 years old, 
she joined the US Army.
With a strong desire to serve her country, 
Jeannette entered the Women's Army Corps. 
She served honorably and loyally 
for over three decades. 

Jeanette met the love of her life, 
Gary Compton in the early 1970's. 
They met while serving in the Army 
in Oklahoma City. 
They married March 4, 1976 
at Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Jeannette was a highly decorated Soldier, 
the recipient of numerous awards 
and decorations, with
accomplishments too numerous to list. 
 Jeannette had an atypical military career in 
that she reached the
rank of Master Sergeant,
 followed by a commission in the
 Army Nurse Corps 
upon completion of her
Bachelor of Science in Nursing from 
the University of Texas Health 
Science Center at Houston. 
Jeannette specialized in psychiatric nursing 
and deployed with the 
528th Medical Detachment in
support of
 Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm. 
The 528th marked the first time
 ever deployment of a 
specialized unit with the 
specific mission of stress
casualty prevention and treatment. 
Jeannette retired from active duty in 
1999 at the rank of Major
 after her assignment as Nurse Manager
of Inpatient Psychiatry at 
William Beaumont Army
 Medical Center, Fort Bliss, Texas. 

As a strong supporter of the Military 
and Veteran Community, 
Jeannette accepted a position at the VA
Medical Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
  She was quickly promoted to 
Nurse Manager
 of Inpatient Psychiatry. 
Jeannette transferred to the 
Bay Pines VA Medical Center
 in Saint Petersburg, Florida followed by the
 VA Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas 
where she worked,
 in both those locations,
 as a member of the
Mental Health Intensive
 Case Management Team. 
Colleagues and fellow Soldiers
 have described 
Jeannette's career as impressive, 
unique, extraordinary,
and highly meaningful.  

Jeanette and Gary supported each 
other through
 numerous deployments and 
change of duty stations.
They enjoyed traveling and visiting with
 family and friends near and far. 
They were both champions of their
 numerous nieces and nephews
 as well as various Veterans' causes. 
They each truly personify the
meaning of Living a Life of Service, 
prioritizing helping, supporting 
and contributing to the well-being of
others and the community above 
personal gain or self-interest.
Jeannette will be dearly missed by all 
who knew and loved her.  
She will be remembered for many
positive qualities including
 her extreme generosity.  


Notable Quotes:
"I don't know what your destiny will be 
but one thing I do know; 
the only ones among you who will be
really happy are those who sought 
and found how to serve."
 Albert Einstein

"Only a life lived for others 
is a life worthwhile." 
Albert Einstein

"Love cannot remain by itself … 
it has no meaning. 
Love has to be put into action 
and that action is service." 
Mother Teresa