Janice Lee (Messmore) Stanke, 55

Janice Lee (Messmore) Stanke, 55, went to eternal rest on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005.

Viewing and visitation will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005 ,from 8 a.m.-noon at Heritage Funeral Home, 508 N. Government Way, Spokane. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home.

She was born in Sandpoint, Idaho, to E.J. and Lenore (Wilson) Messmore.

She attended schools in Sandpoint, and graduated in 1968 from Sandpoint High School.

She worked for two years at Jensen-Byrd in Spokane, attended Spokane Community College, and then had a 28-year career with State Farm Insurance companies, having worked in the Coeur d'Alene and the Spokane claims offices.

Janice enjoyed two tours to Romania on short-term missions. She was a certified reflexologist through International Institute of Reflexology.

She enjoyed singing and has sung in several church choirs in Spokane. More recently, she was a member of the choir of The Crown of Thorns.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents; a brother Dean, and her father E.J. Messmore.

Janice is survived by her husband, John; mother, Lenore Messmore of Coeur d'Alene; a sister, Shirley (Mrs. Rocky Walson), Hayden, Idaho; a brother, Delar J. Messmore of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; a niece, a nephew and a grandniece; two aunts in Sandpoint, Marilla (Schoonover) Kemis and Freda Fournier, and also a number of cousins.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Union Gospel Mission or Ogden Hall of Spokane.