Thank you Dick and Ken – in the picture, such joy radiates from her face. A perfect remembrance.

Sunny

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Ken Rose's reflections of Janice Unlangca's service.

Love, Grace & Peace,

Ellen Howie

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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