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March 21, 1957 – June 26, 2024
Janice Isabel Howe (nee Calberry) passed away peacefully at her home near Cooks Creek on Wednesday June 26th at the age of 67. She is survived by her loving husband of 42 years Robert and her children James and Jessica. She is also survived by her mother Ruth Calberry of Lakefield Ontario, Brothers Lance (Lisa) of Trenton, Wayne (Gloria) of Frankford, and Gary (Rebecca) of Stirling and Sister Gail of Trenton, as well as many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins. With Janice, one must never forget her four-legged family as well with Luke, Bodie and Roxy. Janice was predeceased by her father Douglas of whom she was extremely proud.
Janice was born on March 21, 1957, in Trenton Ontario, and as the daughter of a Canadian Air Force member moved across Canada several times to Comox, BC and back to Trenton. From there she moved to Brandon, MB with her sister Gail. This is where she started working at K Mart where she met Robert; a year later they were married in 1982. James was born in Brandon, and the family grew again in Yorkton, SK., when Jessica arrived. From there it was on to Grand Valley, Ontario for a few years, before setting down in Winnipeg in 1990.
Janice stayed home until James and Jessica had started school and then went on to work at McDonalds as an Asst. Mgr. for several years. This is where she picked up the nickname of “mom”, not only because she was quite a bit older than a lot of the staff, but mostly because of her easy to talk to and caring attitude. After McDonalds Janice went on to work for Royal Bank for 15 years in several roles before retiring 8 years ago as a Financial Planning Associate.
Along the way due to her compassionate nature and ability to see who needed her the most, she has also Semi adopted two young ladies who have stayed a part of the family for years after. (Emilita and Brittney)
15 years ago, while working for RBC Janice was given the opportunity to volunteer with Special Olympics and it had been her driving passion ever since. She gave it her all and is so very proud of all her athletes. She helped inspire them to achieve their personal best win or lose. She showed such dedication to her team, she even traveled to Dubai to support an athlete at World Games. Janice fully believed in the Special Olympics Motto “Let me Win, if I cannot Win, let me be Brave in the attempt” and she brought this motto to life in so many ways.
Her dedication to volunteering was acknowledged by her many awards including Governor General Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers (2016), Jim Thompson Award for Special Olympics Canada Volunteers (2023) along with many “Coach of the year”, “Volunteer of the year” and “Official of the year” awards. To Janice the awards were amazing but did not compare to the feeling she had when her Athletes Achieved their dreams.
In Lieu of Flowers please direct donations to Special Olympics Manitoba, or Sprit of Hope Animal Rescue.
Cremation has already taken place. A Celebration of life will be held at the Howe Family home in Cooks Creek on August 17th at 12pm. Outdoor event weather permitting.
Family and friends are welcome to share memories and condolences on Janice’s memorial page using the comment field below.
2024
Interlake Cremation & Memorial Services
Death notice for the town of: Selkirk, Province: Manitoba
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