Janice Elizabeth Schimelpfenig of Oakville, Washington, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, at Providence Hospital in Centralia. She was 85. Janice was born June 28, 1934, in Des Moines, Iowa, to John and Dorothy (Reasoner) Dooley. She was raised in Ridgefield and the Vancouver, Washington, area and had also lived in Minnesota.

Janice graduated from Ridgefield High School in 1951 and attended Clark College for one year. She had worked for Nabisco in Portland, Oregon, Alcoa in Vancouver, Lumber Wholesale in Portland and J & M Shake in Ridgefield. She had attended Lutheran Churches in both Vancouver and Ocean Park, Washington.

Janice married Walter R. Schimelpfenig in 1954. He passed away in 1996. On Oct. 11, 2006, Janice married Bernard H. Meile at a Benedictine Chapel of the Rock on Shaw Island, Washington.

In addition to her loving husband, Bernard “Buck,” she is also survived by her children Rick Schimelpfenig; Gregory, Jeffrey, Marcus, Matthew and Bernard Meile III; Jerri Lee Jones, Joni Kay Keeney, Lisa Danette Duncan, Julia Marie Reaves, Cory Renee Dubuis and Stephanie Kaye Shriver; sisters JoAnn Schimelpfenig, Patricia (David) Hagensen and Pamela (Dee) Farr; 17 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.

Janice was laid to rest at Ridgefield Cemetery. A Memorial Mass will be held on Nov. 21 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Elma, Washington at 11 a.m.

Memorials in memory of Janice are suggested to St. Joseph’s Indian School, P.O. Box 326, Chamberlain, S.D. 57326.

To share memories or to leave a condolence for the family please visit www.harrisonfamilymortuary.com . Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Harrison Family Mortuary in Montesano, Washington.