Jan McLaren (MSO-71)

Posted: August 31, 2026

Jan, 77, died October 29, 2024. He was born December 4, 1946, in Atlantic, Iowa. Jan grew up on the family farm in Cumberland, Iowa, where he graduated from Massena H.S. in 1965. He joined the Marine Corps right out of high school where he served from 1965-68 with a tour in Vietnam. Following his military service Jan enrolled in the University of Montana where he earned a Mathematics degree in 1974 and passed the CPA exam in 1975. He jumped at Missoula 1971-77 and 1985.

Jan spent a long career with the USFS and retired as Branch Chief Budget and Finance in the Albuquerque Service Center. He married Cheri Boyd in 1976 and they raised three sons.