Larson, Janice (Thomson) 1935 - 2013

LARSON, THOMSON

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 1/10/2014 at 15:21:02

MAIDEN ROCK, WI - Janice Thomson Larson, 78, of Maiden Rock, Wis. died on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013 due to pulmonary failure.

Janice Larson was born in Cresco, Iowa the daughter of Jean and Marie Thomson. Janice graduated from Cresco High School and went on to study Art History at Carleton College.

In 1956, she married Roger E. Larson. Janice worked at home as mother to three children, and as administrative assistant for Roger's architecture business in Carmel, Calif. She and Roger later lived in Port Ludlow, Wash. and then Maiden Rock, Wis. Janice's lifelong love of the visual arts was invigorated by travels abroad and around the country, as well as by her surroundings in coastal California. Janice resumed her studies in the arts at the Carmel Art Institute under the instruction of John Cunningham, where she developed her skills and flourished as a painter. Janice was a mother and an inspiration to more than her own children. People were drawn to her warmth and to her genuine appreciation of people, places, good food, and the arts.

Janice is survived by her children: Dana, Kari and Maria; daughter-in-law: Lisa; son-in-law: David; brother: Jim; sister-in-law: Carol; brother-in-law: Paul; and cousins, nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews and great, great nieces.

Arrangements were made with Bakken-Young Funeral and Cremation Services in Maiden Rock.

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