Funeral services, conducted by Pastor Mike McCarlson, were held February 19, 2024 at Fiksdal Funeral Home in Webster for Janice (Smith) Gunenius of Bristol.
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Janice (Smith) Gusenius
April 23, 1950 — February 10, 2024
Funeral services, conducted by Pastor Mike McCarlson, were held February 19, 2024 at Fiksdal Funeral Home in Webster for Janice (Smith) Gunenius of Bristol.
Janice passed away, Saturday, February 10, 2024, at Sun Dial Manor in Bristol at the age of 73 years, 9 months and 19 days. Interment was in Webster Cemetery beside her husband.
Janice Marie Smith was born April 23, 1950, in Aberdeen, SD to Kenneth Lee and Margaret Marie (Crawford) Smith. The family farmed in Spink County, near Mellette.
Her mother's hard-fought battle with cancer ended when Janice was almost two. Janice was raised by her father and paternal grandmother, Ruth Smith. She grew up in Mellette, attending school and the United Methodist Church. Janice graduated from Northwestern High School in 1968, followed by two years at Northern College in Aberdeen, SD. She gained a stepfamily in 1968, when her father married Catherine (Fey) Gilman.
On Jan. 6, 1973, Janice married David Allen Gusenius in Aberdeen, SD. They made their home in Bristol, SD. Two children were born to this union. After losing her loving and devoted spouse on March 23, 2010, she continued to reside in Bristol.
Janice is survived by her daughter, Marie Gusenius of Aberdeen, SD; her son, Fr. LeeAllen Fortin of Decatur, IN; one granddaughter, Angelea Crawford of Aberdeen, SD, several cousins and stepsiblings.
Janice was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; her stepmother; paternal grandparents, Edward "Lee" and Ruth (Stelle) Smith; maternal grandparents, Lewis and Alma (Ohloff) Crawford; and an older brother, Joseph Allan Smith, who died in infancy.
