Louise F. Janes
January 9, 1912 - January 2, 2002

Louise Janes IOWA CITY, Iowa #45;- Louise F. Janes, 89, formerly of 1810 E. Court St. in Iowa City died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2002, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics following a short illness. Memorial services are 2 p.m. Sunday at the Congregational United Church of Christ, 30 N. Clinton St. in Iowa City. The Rev. Bruce W. Fischer will officiate. Burial will be at a later date at Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City. Visitation is 3-7 p.m. today at the Lensing Funeral amp; Cremation Service, 605 Kirkwood Ave. in Iowa City. Memorials may be made to the United Church of Christ, Neighborhood Houses of St. Louis, or the nature group of the donor's choice. Mrs. Janes was born on Jan. 9, 1912, in Pittsfield, Mass., the daughter of Albert Jules and Harriett Louise Haywood Fricker. She married Dr. Ralph G. Janes on Dec. 14, 1940, in Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Mich. She attended school in Pittsfield and later Bangor, Maine; Corning, N.Y. and Erie, Penn. She graduated from Northern High School in Detroit, Mich. and later studied fashion design at an arts school in Detroit. She worked in a ladies fashion store for a couple of years and was then employed as a switchboard operator. She and her husband moved to Iowa City in 1945. In 1952 they had the opportunity to move to England with their young families and live and work for one year in an exchange program. She was employed for many years as a secretary for Professor G. Edgar Folk in the Department of Physiology at the University of Iowa. She was an active member of the Congregational Church; had been a Girl Scout leader; participated in a local French Conversation Group; had been involved in the University of Iowa International Student Center; a gourmet cooking club; was interested in various political issues and had maintained a round robin letter between school friends for more than 70 years. Survivors include a daughter, Connie L. Armstrong and husband Otis of Muscatine; a son, Gilbert A. Janes and wife Donna of Cedar Rapids; three grandchildren, Brooke Armstrong and Geoffrey and Gregory Janes. She was preceded in death by her husband and a brother, Albert J. Fricker.

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