Janice Lynn Sherman

Janice Lynn Sherman, age 72, of Alto passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. Janice was born in Detroit, her family moved to the Grand Rapids area where she attended school and graduated from East Grand Rapids high school. She also studied business at Davenport College. Janice was working in the business office of Blodgett hospital when she met her husband, John who worked for a vending company servicing her office. They were married shortly after John joined the Air Force and during John’s 20 years of service, they moved between various bases across the country and spent 5 years in Spain. She often volunteered for the American Red Cross at the Air Force hospitals. She worked in the Agency Services department of Foremost Insurance for 6 years. Janice enjoyed teaching Sunday school and serving in the nursery at her church. She was devoted to her faith and served her senior mission for the Latter-day Saint members at Keesler AFB in Mississippi for a year. With her four sons, she was also very active with Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. Janice always loved animals and had pets over the years as well as chickens and a goat. Some of her favorite pastimes included gardening, tending her flowers and sewing. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Dorothy Redden and sister, Sandra Cook. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 51 years, John; children, Adam Sherman, Andrew (Kristy) Sherman, Aaron (Natalie) Sherman, John Sherman; 9 grandchildren: Spencer, Carson, Parker, Emily, Penelope, Harrison, August, Cooper, Kennedy; sister-in-law, Luanne Sherman; a niece and nephew. Funeral services will be held at 12pm Saturday, January 14 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 505 N. Airport Rd., Hastings with Bishop Kyle LeBaron officiating. Burial will be held at Caledonia Lakeside Cemetery. Relatives and friends may meet the family for an hour prior to the service at church.