Pickering Funeral Home

Taps

Day is done, gone the sun
from the lake, from the hill,
from the sky.

All is well, safely rest.
God is nigh.

Thanks and praise for our days
'neath the sun, 'neath the stars,
'neath the sky.

As we go, this we know.
God is nigh.

Lillian A. Janes, 102, of Mexico, died at 11:15 a.m., Sunday July 13, 2003, at the Missouri Veterans’ Home.

Funeral services will be held Friday, July 18 at 2 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home with Father Henry Reichert officiating. Visitation will be on Friday from 1 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Brendan Cemetery.

Miss Janes was born on June 28, 1901, in Worchester, Mo., a daughter of John James and Annie B. (Hagan) Janes. She is a veteran, having served in the Air Force from 1944 until 1948. Miss Janes was an LPN and after her service she moved to St. Louis and worked for 11 years as a night shift supervisor and also worked in the nursery at St. Anthony’s Hospital. She then worked for seven years in a doctor’s office. After retirement she helped people by babysitting and nursing in private homes. She was a member of St. Brendan Catholic Church and American Legion Post 26.

Survivors include several nieces, nephews, great and great-great nieces and nephews and cousins.

Five sisters and six brothers preceded her in death.

Memorials may be sent to the Missouri Veterans Home Residents’ Fund, #1 Veterans Drive, Mexico, MO 65265.