Janice M. Winters was born January 30, 1931, in Cozad, Nebraska to Mildred A. and Martin Owen Trindel (both deceased). Janice died Wednesday, June 10, 2026. She grew up in Beatrice, Nebraska where she attended Beatrice High School. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, served as Honored Queen of Job's Daughters and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.

She graduated from Park College in Parkville, Missouri where she majored in music and drama. She taught school, then became an assistant to the director of an alcohol rehabilitation center in New Jersey. She moved to Texas in 1981 and for 28+ years was an administrative assistant with the National Office of the Boy Scouts of America located in Irving, Texas. Her hobbies were genealogy, reading, playing the piano and organ, and she enjoyed all sorts of crafts.

Janice is preceded in death by her sisters, Gail Cole, Sandra Schneller, Barbara Simoni, her brother Martin Kent Trindel, her husband Donald Charles Winters and her daughter Deborah Jan Hay of Perkasie, Pennsylvania.

She is survived by Carla Anne Preston of Irving, Texas, Christopher Alan Hay of Marlin, Texas, Daniel Jon Hay of the Philippines, Donald Winters Jr. & family of Belmar, New Jersey, Sally Koelsch of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Ronald Winters of Virginia, and Julie Winters-Walmer of Tuttle, Oklahoma; 23 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren, and 7 great-great grandchildren. Janice is also survived by her loving nieces and nephew.

Janice will be laid to rest in Vine St. Cemetery in Hazelton, Pennsylvania at a later date.