Janice Lynn (Evjen) RamThun
Father: John Leroy Evjen
Mother: Joyce Marie (Nelson) Evjen
Biography Notes...
Picture came from: Obituary
Date of picture: 29 OCT 2012
Front row: Janice L. Ramthun
Janice L. Ramthun, age 54, of Lake Mills, died Monday, October 29, 2012, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
Her family will greet friends at a memorial visitation on Saturday, November 3, 2012, from 4:00 until 7:00 PM at Mittelstadt Funeral Home, 902 East Main Street in Lake Mills, Iowa.
There will be a service of remembrance at 6:00 PM on Saturday during the visitation with Kermit Singelstad speaking.
Inurnment will take place at a later date.
Janice Lynn (Evjen) Ramthun was born on May 14, 1958, at Naeve Hospital in Albert Lea, Minnesota, to parents John and Joyce (Nelson) Evjen. She was baptized and confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church in Lake Mills, Iowa.
Janice attended and graduated from Lake Mills High School in 1976, and went on to attend Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa.
While employed at 3M in Forest City, she met Tom Ramthun, and the two were united in marriage on June 29, 1985, in Denton, Texas. The couple then moved to California where they lived in the Palm Springs area for 13 years. During this time, they were blessed with two children, Matthew and Jennifer.
In 1998, the family moved back to Lake Mills, where Janice worked in the Lake Mills Community School cafeteria. During her time at the school, Janice enjoyed her co-workers, and watching the children all grow up year after year.
Janice was an avid collector of thimbles and Barbies, she liked to go to farm auctions and antique shopping, and she enjoyed watching black and white movies, especially musicals. Janice was a loving and hard-working wife, mother, and daughter, who will be missed by all who knew her.
Survivors include her husband, Tom Ramthun of Lake Mills; daughter, Jennifer Ramthun of Ames, IA; father, John Evjen of Lake Mills; and her brother, Jim (Rose) Evjen of Portland, TX. Also surviving are Tom’s family: Janice’s mother-in-law, Marjorie (Marion) Striegel of Oskaloosa, IA; brother-in-law, Tim (Nancy) Ramthun of Oskaloosa, IA; sister-in-law, Tanya (Gerald) Anderson of Clarksville, TN; as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends.
Janice was preceded in death by her mother Joyce Evjen; son Matthew Ramthun; and her father-in-law James Ramthun.
