Janice O. Stender, 78, of Davenport, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 AM on Saturday, August 17, 2013 in the Runge Mortuary Chapel. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Friday at the mortuary and one hour prior to the service on Saturday. Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery. Memorials may be made to a favorite charity. Online condolences may be expressed at www.rungemortuary.com.
She married Robert J. Stender on February 16, 1957 in Davenport and was a St. Ambrose Division of Nursing graduate in 1956. She worked fifty years in nursing, the last 39 years in psychiatric nursing at Pine Knoll.
Survivors include her husband, Robert; son, Bruce and his wife, Gail, of Davenport; daughter, Jane Stender, of Rochester, MN; two grandsons, Jacob Stender and John Stender; brother, Paul Strathman, of Mason City, IA; sister, Donna Larsen, of Waynesboro, VA; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Janice cherished her weekly lunch with Rosie and monthly lunch with “the girls”.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Mignon Drummond.
