Hartford City
Janice Ellen Holtzleiter, 85, life resident of the
Upland-Hartford City area, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2015 in Bridgewater
Centre, Hartford City.
She was born in Grant County on November 7, 1929 to Perry
and Olive (Bricker) Jenkins and graduated from Jefferson Township School in
1947. Janice married Clarence Hotlzleiter on July 10, 1947 in Hartford City.
Janice was a homemaker and worked at 3-M Company for 31
years retiring in 1990. She loved flowers, gardening, crafts and spending time
with her grandchildren.
She was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church, Altar-Rosary
Society and CPC Sympathy Club, Marion.
Surviving are: three daughters, Theresa Moorman, Hartford
City, Connie (Michael) Williams, Orlando, FL and Elizabeth (Steve) Gress,
Morrisville, NC; seven grandchildren including Robin Johnson (fiancé Kevin
Hicks), whom she raised; twelve great-grandchildren and two
great-great-grandchildren. Theresa and Robin were her devoted caregivers.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence, on March
21, 2012, her brother, Fred Jenkins and her sister, Lucille Blair.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Father
Dave Newton at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 11 in St. John’s Catholic Church, 209 S.
Spring St., Hartford City. Burial will follow in Gardens of Memory, Muncie.
Visitation will be Friday, April 10 from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at
Waters Funeral Home, 501 W. Washington St., Hartford City and from 9-9:30 a.m.
Saturday.
The Christian Wake Service will be at 4 p.m. Friday in the
funeral home.
Memorials may be made in the form of masses to the church.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at:
www.watersfuneralhomes.com.
