Obit: Meyer, Janice Kay (1944 - 2012)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Battles, Bryan, Jochimsen, Klinger, LaFontaine, Mabie, Meyer, Miller, Raasch, Smith, Warmanen

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 2/23/2012

Meyer, Janice "Jan" Kay (Battles) (24 JUN 1944 - 20 FEB 2012)

Janice "Jan" K. Meyer, 67, Medford, died on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, Feb. 24 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Medford, with Pastor Pete Warmanen officiating. Burial will be at Perkinstown Community Cemetery. Active pallbearers are Mitch Miller, Tom LaFontaine, Ronald Raasch, Jim Meyer, Bob Mabie and J.J. Klinger. Honorary pallbearers are her granddaughters.

Visitation will be held at the church on Thursday, Feb. 23 from 4 to 7 p.m., and on Friday from 9 a.m. until the time of services.

She attended elementary school in Herrington, Kansas, High School in Fountain, Colorado and Medford, Wisconsin. Married 1st: November 1961 at Fort Carson, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado to Tom LaFontaine and they were later divorced. 2nd: April 26, 1968 at Anchorage, Alaska to Raymond “Ray” W. Meyer and he survives.

After their marriage Janice and Raymond owned and operated Jan’s Bar in Medford. She then worked at Tombstone, Marathon Cheese, Marketplace Foods and Fuzzy’s General Store. She then worked as a cook at the Village Mall, Medford Café and Shirley’s. Janice and her husband, along with their son Jim, owned and operated Hook, Line and Sinker Bait Shop at Miller Dam. She had a small café in the bait shop named Little Minnow Grill where she was a cook until her retirement. Janice enjoyed fishing, knitting, reading, cooking, shopping, crafts and painting. She was a member St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Medford where she was also a member of the Ladies evening group. She was also a member of the Happy Hookers Knitting Group.

Surviving children are Gail (Mitch) Miller, Medford, Pam (Kurt) Jochimsen, Stratford, Laurie (Packer) Bryan, Medford, Kristen (Ronald) Raasch, Medford, Jim (Stacy) Meyer, Phillips, Bethany LaFontaine, La Crosse, Rod Meyer of Medford, Thomas (Christina) LaFontaine, Huntsville, Alabama.

Her parents are Betty M. (Smith) Battles, Medford, and deceased father Malcolm “Mike” T. Battles.

Note: Birth information was extracted from the SSDI.