Janice Wenman

JANICE E. "JAN" WENMAN Coralville Janice E. "Jan" Wenman, 74, longtime resident of Coralville, died at her home Friday, Jan. 29, 2016, surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City, with burial to follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Coralville. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established in Jan's memory. Online condolences may be sent for her family through the Web at www.gayandciha.com. Janice Eileen Yoder was born March 4, 1941, in Washington, Iowa, the daughter of Cornelius and Eugena (Testroot) Yoder. Jan married Henry "Lynn" Wenman on May 30, 1976, in Nashua. For over 42 years she was employed at the Veterans Hospital, retiring in October 2013 as payroll supervisor. Jan enjoyed many things in life; her membership in the American Legion Auxiliary, the many bowling leagues she and Lynn bowled in over the years, going mushroom hunting, occasional trips to the Riverside Casino, playing cards with family and friends, especially "take," and watching the grandsons' football games, but most of all, being with all her family, her kids and their families, and her siblings and their families. She liked things simple, but she cherished what was important! Her family includes her daughter, Lori Peterson and her husband, Royce, of Coralville; stepsons and their wives, Ronald and Beverly Wenman of Coralville and David and Julie Wenman of Highland Ranch, Colo.; six grandchildren,, Kim Vogelgesang (Jason), Kelly Lindsay (Ryan), Christopher Wenman (AnnMarie Gilbert), Tracy Wenman, Royce "R.L." Peterson and Trevor Peterson; a great-grandson, Weston Vogelgesang; Jan's sisters, Leila Stroeh of Lacrosse, Wis., and Margaret Brogla of Coralville; numerous nieces and nephews; and Jan's caregiver, Linda Peterson, who has been so dear to Jan and her family the past number of months. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lynn; sisters, Bernice Darnold, Wilma Rhodebeck, Doris Patterson, Dessel Miller and Glennis Yoder (in infancy); and two brothers, Marvin and Donald Yoder.