Janice Marie Devine

Janice was born in Detroit to Louis and Margaret (nee Caton) Ferrari. She grew up in a close-knit family with her two brothers, where her numerous aunts and uncles got together every Friday night for cards and drinks. After attending St. Bernard High School in Detroit, she went on to Michigan State University where she met Peter R. Devine, a tall, handsome economics student. They married two years later and had two children: Becky and Jeremy.

Janice worked for American Airlines in Detroit before her children were born. She gained a lifelong love for travel which brought her joy and great stories from Mexico, the Caribbean, Mallorca, Ireland, Rome, Egypt, and the Holy Land.

In her forties, Janice decided to learn how to play tennis. What started as a casual hobby became a consuming passion; as a long time USTA League captain, she assembled a fearsome team at Wimbledon Racquet Club which won numerous state championships. She and Peter also competed in mixed doubles, racking up multiple trophies.

Janice was a doting grandmother to Patrick and Noah; they have fond memories of weekend sleepovers and morning trips to feed horses at the Grosse Pointe Hunt Club.

Peter and Janice moved to Florida in 2016, where she enjoyed year-round swimming and pickleball. She fought off ovarian cancer for six years; her faith kept her spirit alive. They moved back to Michigan last September to be closer to family. She enjoyed having nightly cocktails with Becky and Dan. She loved attending Sunday brunch with Jeremy, Bill, Kate, and the Tanguays. She savored every day until the very end.

Janice is survived by her husband of 53 years Peter, her children Becky (Dan Tanguay) and Jeremy, her grandsons Patrick and Noah Tanguay, her brothers Bill (Kate) and Mike (Chris), her nephew Louis, her niece Katherine, and a multitude of cousins. She is reunited in heaven with her parents and the rest of her departed Caton and Ferrari relatives.

Friends and family are invited to celebrate Janice’s wonderful life. Visitation will take place on Monday, March 13th starting at 4:00 PM at A. H. Peters funeral home in Grosse Pointe Woods, with a Rosary service at 7:00 PM. She will lie in state at the St. Bonaventure Capuchin Monastery Chapel at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, March 14th, with a funeral mass at 11:00 AM. Janice will be interred at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.