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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271114
Title: Janice M. Walen
Date: 7/18/1937-7/29/2024
Inscription/Marks: 7/18/1937
Summary: Janice Marie Walen, 87, of Glenfield, ND, died July 29, 2024, at the Sunset Drive Home in Mandan, ND. A graveside service was held August 1, 2024, at Glenfield Cemetery. Janice and her twin brother, Jerry, were born July 18, 1937, in Mabel Township, Griggs County, ND, to Henry and Annie (Bultema) Smith. She was raised on the farm near Sutton, ND, with her siblings, Geneva, Thelma, Eileen, Richard, Pat, and Jerry. Janice and Jerry did trick horse riding. Janice and Jerry were both students of the last class at Sutton School before it was a co-op with Glenfield. She met the love of her life, Leander Walen, on a blind date, and shortly after, they were married on June 10, 1956. They made their home on the Walen family farm near Glenfield. They had three children: Charles, Leanne, and Dennis. Friends and relatives swarmed to her home on a regular basis to enjoy her delicious cooking and baking. Everyone loved her many pies. Several favorites are the strawberry-rhubarb or the peach-blueberry pies. She filled her free time with crocheting, knitting, macramé, and reading. Janice custom-made at least one crocheted blanket for every one of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She is survived by her three children, Chuck (Joy) Walen of New Town, ND, Leanne (Kevin) Revier, of Courtenay, ND, and Dennis (Fran) Walen, of Sutton; a sister, Pat Rickford, of Green Bay, WI; sisters-in-law, Elaine Smith, of Cooperstown, ND, Dorris Smith, of Plymouth, MN, and Margrethe Milton, of Detroit, MI; 15 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Annie Smith; her husband, Leander; two brothers, Richard and her twin brother Jerry; three sisters, Geneva Klinge, Thelma Wright and Eileen Johnson.
Red ID: FND_I_78603 Image ID: 575983 Image Notes: FND001 271114

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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