JANICE COY KNUDSON GILL
1943-2012
BELOVED WIFE, MOTHER, & GRANDMOTHER . JANICE PASSED AWAY OCT 15, 2012 FROM A COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER.
JANICE WAS BORN SEPT 10, 1943 IN SANTA MONICA, CAIFORNIA TO RONALD J. AND EDNA C. KNUDSON. JANICE GREW UP IN SANTA MONICA CALIFORNIA AND GRADUATED FROM SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL. SHE ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND WORKED FOR THE SANTA MONICA BOARD OF EDUCATION. JANICE WAITED FAITHFULLY FOR 2 YEARS FOR HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART TO RETURN FROM AN LDS MISSION, SHE MARRIED RICHARD GILL IN 1963 AND HAD 3 BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS. JANICE WAS INVOLVED IN MANY CALLINGS IN THE LDS CHURCH, SHE LOVED CAMPING, GARDENING, COOKING AND CRAFTS, BUT MOST OF ALL SHE LOVED TO BE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. JANICE ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE AROUND HER AS POSSIBLE. SHE ALWAYS SAID "THE MORE THE MERRIER". JANICE AND HER DAUGHTERS MOVED TO PROVIDENCE, UTAH IN 1980 WHERE SHE BECAME INVOLVED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, SHE GRADUATED FROM THE POLICE ACADEMY IN 1992 AND SERVED AS A CORRECTION OFFICER FOR 8 YEARS. THIS WAS ONE OF HER MOST PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
JANICE WAS REUNITED WITH HER SWEETHEART IN 2004, WHERE THEY CONTINUED ON WITH MANY FAMILY TRADITIONS OF CAMPING AND WONDERFUL GATHERINGS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THE SOUND OF LAUGHTER WAS ALWAYS A CONSTANT IN JANICE'S LIFE, HER GREATEST JOY WAS HAVING HER FAMILY AROUND HER.
JANICE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS AND BROTHER DENNIS KNUDSON. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND RICHARD GILL; CHILDREN LORI GARY JAMIESON; KATHY BOB WYNN; SHERI MARK NUNLEY AND 5 GRANDCHILDREN. A VIEWING WILL BE HELD MONDAY, OCT 22 FROM 6-8 AT NELSON FUNERAL HOME, 162 EAST 400 NORTH, LOGAN. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY WOULD APPREICATED DONTATIONS MADE TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. CONDOLENCES MAY BE EXPRESSED ONLINE AT
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