Janice Enid Timms Gunn, 83, passed away peacefully on February 15, 2005. Born April 12, 1921 in Centerville, Utah, daughter of Thomas and Arminta Timms. Janice attended Davis High School and played the flute and piccolo and tap-danced. She attended business college in Salt Lake City and worked as a legal secretary for Bachman, Bachman, and Bachman Law Offices. During WWII, she worked at Hill AFB in the blue print department. In 1942, Janice met her husband, Lester, when she was a waitress at the old streetcar diner at Cherry Hill, and he was a military highway patrolman in the Army. They married on August 27, 1944 in Salt Lake City, and later moved to Texas, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, California (28 years) and back to Utah for the past 25 years. Janice was always very active and enjoyed camping, waterskiing, fishing, bowling, roller-skating, gardening, cooking, canning, sewing, crocheting, and especially her music. She was the pianist/organist at Richmond, CA, Avena l, CA, and Sebastopol, CA LDS wards. Janice always had music in her life and loved playing and teaching. She lovingly taught hundreds of students and took pride in each of them. Janice was also always crocheting, and made many beautiful afghans, giving them away to her family and friends. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Fruit Heights 4th Ward. She served in many positions and was loved by all. After 60 wonderful years of marriage, Janice and Lester were sealed in the Bountiful Temple in January 2005. Janice is survived by her husband, Lester Gunn; daughter, Ruth (Phil) Duarte of Cloverdale, CA; son, Steven (Elna) Manning of No. Salt Lake; daughter-in-law, Sarah Gunn of Tucson, AZ. She is also survived by a sister, Ruth (Joseph) Edmunds of St. George; and brother, Keith Timms of Kearns. Preceded in death by her sons, Douglas Gunn and Earl Gunn; a daughter, Enid Marie Manning, and brothers, Leslie Timms, Bertrand Timms, and Stanley Timms. Fu neral services will be held Saturday, February 19, 2005 at 2 p.m. at the Fruit Heights Stake Center, 170 N. Mountain Road. Friends and family may call Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Lindquist's Kaysville Mortuary, 400 North Main and Saturday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the church. Interment, Centerville City Cemetery. e-mail condolences to the family at [email protected]

Published in the Standard-Examiner on 2/17/2005.