- Date Of Birth: April 30, 1940
- Date Of Death: May 8, 2021
- City: Okeechobee
- State: Florida
Janice Catherine Andres, 81
Okeechobee, Florida – Janice Catherine Andres died May 8, 2021. She was born April 30, 1940, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada to George and Jessie MacDonald Gilmour.
A resident of Okeechobee since 2007, Janice enjoyed camping, cruises, crafting stained glass, weaving, playing cards, and also dearly loved her dogs, Zoe and Remington.
Raised in Dundas, Ontario Canada, and a graduate of Notre Dame Academy High School in Waterdown, Ontario in 1958, she was an excellent scholar and an avid figure skater.
An immigrant to Fort Wayne, Indiana with her parents and brother in May 1958, Janice later became a proud citizen of the United States of America. Living in rural Lafayette and retiring from Purdue University she moved to Naples, Florida to be close to her parents and enjoyed boating with Jack on their Grady-White Seafarer 228.
After her parents passing Janice and Jack relocated to Okeechobee, Florida, and enjoyed their dogs, Zoe and Remington, and touring in their Winnebago RV. Everyone who knew Janice knew she was in love with Jack after his passing she said he was her “best friend”. They had more than 40 years of devotion to each other.
Janice was a loving wife and mother; always putting her family first right up to the day she passed. She was a very strong and tough lady. She will be missed by many.
Her heartbreak over the loss of Jack in January and the discomfort from years of kidney dialysis is over now. She has passed in her sleep and moved on to life ever after. Her family and friends take comfort in knowing she is in heaven looking down over them and is their loving and caring guardian angel.
Janice was preceded in death by her parents; loving husband, John “Jack” Moses Andres; son, Thomas Spurgeon Leonard, III; and stepson, Dan Andres.
She is survived by her brother, George W. Gilmour (Sharon); her daughter, Catherine Ann Faulkner (Scott); son, David MacDonald Leonard (Vita); nephews, George Gilmour and Andrew Gilmour; stepdaughters, Joanne Reynolds (CJ), Jacquelyn Douglas (Cooper), Lynda Freeland (Ron), Denise Lade (Roy), Michelle Massey (Mark), and Cheryl Silva; stepson, Dennis Andres; grandchildren, Christopher Faulkner, Jennifer Faulkner, Emily Faulkner, Jessica MacDonald Leonard, Marie Catherine Leonard, Georgi Ann Leonard, Jovito Thomas Leonard, Danilo John Leonard, and Jean M. Leonard.
