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Portrait of Janice Mae Freeman
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Janice Mae Freeman

November 9, 1939 – September 15, 2022
Lived 82 years
Valley View Cemetery · Rockland, Idaho
Life story

Janice Mae Ralphs was the second child of six born to James Albert Ralphs III (Jay) and Helen Lorene Nelson, on Nov. 9, 1939. She was raised in the beautiful Rockland Valley where she went to school and graduated from Rockland High.

She married her high school sweetheart Robert Dean Freeman in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on Aug. 22, 1958. They raised their family of five children in Idaho, living and making lifelong friends in Grace, Firth, and then retiring back in the Rockland Valley.

Janice loved raising her children and made it her full-time career until her youngest entered school. At that point in time she went to work as a secretary at the Firth Middle School. Upon retiring, Janice and Bob served Missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Mexico, Albuquerque, Idaho-Pocatello, Family History Center, Idaho Falls Visitors Center, and Martin’s Cove.

Janice’s greatest joy came in serving her family and others, baking award winning loaves of bread to deliver to friends and family. She also loved flowers and would plant petunias to beautify her yard and then find a bed or pot to plant within the community she lived in. She had a beautiful voice and loved to sing, especially the hymns as they shared her testimony of Jesus Christ. Janice loved to be outdoors enjoying a sunset, going on a picnic, or working in her yard. She also loved to read and do family history work.

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1939
Born November 9
1945
Janice was 6 when World War II ended
1958
Janice was 19 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1963
Janice was 24 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
1976
Janice was 37 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1989
Janice was 50 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1995
Janice was 56 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2004
Janice was 65 when Facebook was launched
2016
Janice was 77 when Pokemon Go sent millions outdoors hunting creatures
2020
Janice was 81 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2022
Passed away September 15, age 82
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The Freeman name at Valley View Cemetery

Rocky Dean Freeman1960 – 1976
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