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[Nancy Lanphear]

Thank you Ken for your words describing Janice's memorial service.

In community,

Nancy


On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:03 AM, RICHARD HOWIE <rhowie3 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Ken Rose's reflections of Janice Unlangca's service.
> Love, Grace & Peace,
> Ellen Howie
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *"Dorcas Rose" <icatroy at verizon.net>
> *Date: *September 2, 2013 2:57:23 PM EDT
> *To: *"Nelson Stover" <StoverN at BellSouth.net>, "Terry Bergdall" <
> bergdall at gmail.com>, "John Cock" <jpc2025 at triad.rr.com>, "Norm & Judy
> Lindblad" <nj.lindblad at gmail.com>, "Ellen Howie" <rhowie3 at verizon.net>
> *Subject: **Janice Ulangca's Memorial Service*
>
> Reflections on Janice Ulangca’s Memorial Service
>
> Janice Ulangca’s memorial service was held at the First United Methodist
> Church in Endicott, New York on August 14, 2013. That morning Dorcas and I
> drove to the Howie’s with our daughter Alice and Bob Griffin soon arrived
> from Massachusetts. We took two cars to Endicott. Dick drove the Howie’s
> car
> with Ellen and Dorcas; Alice followed in ours with me and Bob, who checked
> in with Muriel.
> The memorial service was hosted by Janice’s sister Jeanine and her family.
> Jeanine looks enough like Janice to be mistaken for her at first glance.
> The
> Endicott church has a large facility with some conference offices and runs
> a
> Safety Net program. Part of that program involves meals at the church and
> participants in the program helped prepare the meal following the memorial
> service.
> The memorial service was led by Rev. Susan Davis who had just retired as
> the pastor. Janice had been active in the Broome County Council of Churches
> for many years, which was reflected in the five other pastors (all men) who
> participated in the service in addition to the choir.
> There is a period in the service for words of remembrance and hope. This
> provided an opportunity for people to witness to the blessing that Janice’s
> life had been for them. This was a remarkable outpouring of appreciation
> for
> the presence Janice had been in the many lives she touched. Here are some
> highlights as I remember them.
> Rev. Sue Davis talked about how close Janice had been as a friend,
> supporter, and guide in her ministry. She mentioned Janice eating meals and
> talking with the people served by the Safety Net program.
> Janice’s family remembered her growing up as a preacher’s kid. When she was
> in primary school, she asked to stay home from church one Sunday. It turned
> out that she spent her time at home calling up members of the congregation
> to ask why they weren’t in church. (Her parents only learned about this
> when
> her father retired from the church.)
> At Ellen’s request I read from Judy Lindblad’s eulogy for Janice. I left
> out the long list of Janice’s ICA activities, but got a laugh from the
> congregation when I mentioned her being a founding member of the Old as
> Hell
> Angels.
> A member of the choir, who was the husband of the choir director, thought
> he would get more time with his wife when Janice became involved in the
> music program at the church. Janice mentioned that one piece of music was
> not suitable for the choir because it required a deep voice. He asked ‘What
> about me?’, became involved, and remembered Janice’s enthusiastic ‘Yes!’
> when he hit the low tones.
> A neighbor recalled many conversations with Janice when she was ferrying
> her back and forth from chemotherapy. Janice was beginning to feel more
> tired, but no less encouraging.
> Copies of Janice’s obituary and the memorial service are attached.
>
> Ken Rose
>
>
>
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