Janice L Lingenfelter

Janis J. Lingenfelter, 95, entered eternal rest on August 8, 2021 with her three children at her side.

Visitation will be Tuesday, August 10, at the Methodist Church in Plainview from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. with an Eastern Star service following. The service will be held Wednesday, August 11, at 2:00 p.m. at the Methodist Church in Plainview. There will be a viewing one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at Pleasant View Cemetery in Plainview following the service.

She was born November 4, 1925, in Wausa, NE to Dr. Rudolph (R.E.) and Ruth Johnson. After graduating high school in Wausa, NE she attended one year of college in Norfolk, NE. She then returned to Wausa where she was a telephone operator for four years. When she was not busy at work, she embroidered tea towels and had 48 sets when she married Warren G. Lingenfelter of Plainview, NE. They married December 11, 1949, and had over 62 years of marriage at his passing in 2012.

Janis and Warren had four children, Kim, the oldest son, died in an accident November 1986. Lyle continues to farm on the family homestead. Jane is a retired RN and lives in San Antonio, TX. Ron manages Norfolk Transmission and Muffler that was started by his brother Kim in 1973.

Along with becoming a busy farmer’s wife, Janis acquired many skills. Amongst them raising, butchering, and selling hundred of chickens, and picking and selling endless bushels of sweet corn. Over the years she gained a reputation as a very skilled poet. She started writing poetry at the age of 8 with some of those shared in a book she began. She has written countless number of poems for family, friends, and acquaintances that her children enjoyed reading to her in her final days. Janis was also a prolific knitter, crocheter, crafter, and quilter. Her many talents were endless. She continued her knitting and crocheting up until the last couple of weeks of her death at the Plainview Manor and Whispering Pines Assisted Living. Janis was a member of the Klick and Klatter Club, Plainview Punsters, a local clown group, Tops of Brunswick, Plainview Woman’s Club, Spindrift Poetry of Norfolk, the Nebraska Chaparral Poets, and was a member of Eastern Star and was recognized as a 75-year member in 2020.

Janis was preceded in death by her son Kim (survived by wife Deb of Omaha, NE) and husband Warren. She is survived by her three children Lyle and wife Dianne of Plainview, NE, Jane and husband John Shafer of San Antonio, TX, and Ron and wife Bette of Norfolk, NE. She was also survived by 12 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.