Beloved mother, grandmother, sister and friend Janice
Morrison successfully finished a life well-lived entering into heaven on
Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at Masonville Place, at the age of 92.
A visitation for friends and family will be held on Sunday, October
13, 2019 from 3-7 p.m. at Dutcher Funeral Home in Coldwater. The funeral
service will be held on Monday, October
14, 2019 at 11 a.m. at Girard United Methodist Church with Pastor Matt West
officiating.
Interment will follow at
Evergreen Cemetery in Girard Township, where she will be laid next to her
husband, Floyd (Junior).
Janice was born to Jay and Lena (Ogden) Tompkins on August
15, 1927 and graduated from Coldwater High School in 1942, where she was a
cheerleader and where Janice first caught Floyd’s eye. Their love turned into marriage on June 2,
1946 and moved into their life-long farmstead in Girard, where Floyd managed
the family farm. They enjoyed a fruitful
marriage for 65 years till Floyd passed in 2011.
They raised three beautiful girls Jill (Dennis) Dirschell of
Coldwater, Judy (Dan) Mattison of St. Louis, MO, and Jackie (Kim) Foley of
Coldwater. While being a supportive wife
on the farm, Janice enjoyed her time selling Avon, oil painting, gardening,
canning, cooking, singing in the quartet “The Bellaire’s”, singing in the
church choir, and shopping trips with packed picnic lunches or 15 cent
hamburgers from McDonald’s. In her later
years, she learned to play the organ.
Together Floyd and Janice enjoyed many shared activities including
monthly Card Club and Country Couples, while taking time each Saturday night to
go to the Marshall Moose to dance. They
were actively involved with 4H Fair serving as a leader and superintendent of
food exhibits, involvement in the MSU Extension, and the Republican Party.
Floyd and Janice dedicated their life to
their faith at Girard United Methodist Church and that legacy will live on
through their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Left behind to continue the family values are their children
and spouses along with grandchildren Angela (Brandon) Neusbaum, Brandon
(Courtney) Dirschell, Allison (Michael) Leathead, Shane (Sarah) Foley, Erica
(Drew) Dunahue, and Emily Mattison.
As
much as Janice loved her children and grandchildren in the later years, it was
her great-grandchildren who brought her joy including Cody and Drew Neusbaum,
Colbie and Caden Leathead, Connor and Sutton Dunahue and Adelynn Mattison. Janice also leaves behind her dear sisters
Delores Rawson, Teresa (Bob) Hutchins and Ted (Vian) Tompkins and
sister-in-law, Jean Morrison and many nieces and nephews.
Those who went before her include her parents, her husband,
Floyd and brother Terril Tompkins.
If you wish to honor the life of Janice Morrison, memorial
contributions may be directed to Girard United Methodist Church or the Branch
County Fairgrounds.
www.dutcherfh.com.
