Janice Jean (Diller) Wohlgemuth

Janice Jean Wohlgemuth

(1936 to 2017)

Obituary

Janice Jean (Diller) Wohlgemuth was born in Bluffton, Ohio, on May 6, 1936, to Albert and Telsa Diller.

She passed away Friday (June 2, 2017) at the age of 81 years and 27 days.

Janice loved helping on the family farm – whether it was milking the cows, driving the tractor for her father or helping her mother prepare food for the farm workers.

Janice attended elementary and high school in Bluffton, graduating in 1954. While in high school, she participated in music and drama. She then attended Grace University in Omaha, Nebraska, and received a four year degree in Christian Education. Today, this degree would include a teaching certificate.

Janice accepted the Lord at an early age and was baptized and became a member of the Ebenezer Church in Bluffton, Ohio.

Janice met Eldon Gene Wohlgemuth at Grace University in 1957. They dated a year before getting engaged. They were married on Aug. 29, 1958. They had two sons: Craig Allen Wohlgemuth, born June 28, 1959, and Kevin Ray Wohlgemuth, born Feb. 15, 1962. Janice loved raising her two boys and later, when she became a grandmother, loved spending time with her grandkids, even including sleepovers.

Janice started her work at Remington Middle School in 1972, as a para in different classrooms, but also helped out in many other areas of the school as she was needed. Janice loved working with the kids at school. While Eldon worked second shift for a while, she would come home from her middle school job and get ready to work the evening shift at Wheat State Manor in her certified nurses aide capacity.

Janice retired from the Remington School District on May 17, 2016. Jan sold her home in Whitewater, then moved to Newton on June 7, 2016. Even after moving, she stayed involved with Remington students by being part of a mentorship program with Big Brothers and Big Sisters.

Soon after moving to Newton, she became involved with the Community Assembly at Presbyterian Manor by serving as vice-chairwoman. She was in charge of lining up programs for the residents to enjoy.

Janice had a resiliency and strength in life that she recognized could only have come from God. She believed that, when bad things happen in life, one should use those instances as opportunities to help others in similar situations. Jan formed a group of six other widowed women who regularly ate out together, using that time to share about their lives.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Eldon; son, Craig; father, Albert Diller; and mother, Telsa Diller.

Janice is survived by her son Craig's wife, Tammy and daughter Maddijo Allen, as well as Maddijo's husband, Tyler James Kennedy, and their children Reck and Range of Whitewater; son Kevin and wife Leann and their children Hollann Marie, Bryant Ralen, Camden Tyler and Shaylie Breann of Peoria, Arizona; and brother, Marvin and wife Gloria of Bluffton, Ohio.

There was a visitation on Monday (June 5, 2017) from 6 to 8 p.m. at Lamb Funeral Home in Whitewater. A committal service will be at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday (June 6, 2017) at the Swiss Cemetery at Whitewater and the memorial service at 1:30 p.m. at the Whitewater Community Church. A memorial has been established with the Gideons.