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Submitted: 6/8/22 • Approved: 6/8/22 • Last Updated: 6/11/22 • R274153-G274152-S3
Janiece Evonne Lawrence
March 31, 1938 - January 17, 2022
Janiece E. Lawrence, age 83 of Sioux Falls, SD passed away on Monday, January 17, 2022. Her Memorial Service will be 11:00 AM Friday, January 21, 2022 at Faith Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, SD. Public Visitation will be on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory, Sioux Falls from 5:00-7:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Sioux Falls Lutheran School.
Janiece Evonne Jurgensen, daughter of Andrew and Anna (Martsfield) Jurgensen, was born March 31, 1938 in Akron, IA. She was baptized in the Lutheran church near Canton, SD in May of 1938. As an infant she moved with her family to rural Sioux Falls. She attended Mt. Pleasant Elementary for two years before attending Brandon Elementary. Janiece graduated from Brandon High School in 1956. She was confirmed at Faith Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, SD where she has been a member since her youth.
Janiece was united in marriage with Paul Lawrence, Jr. on January 10, 1965 in Sioux Falls. He preceded her in death on November 24, 1981. She attended Southeast Area Vocational in Sioux Falls. She worked at All American Freight and then at First Lutheran Church from 1989-2000. Janiece then worked for North American Baptist Seminary in 2000-2002. She served as an organist at Faith Lutheran from 1957-2008 retiring after suffering a severed rotator cuff. She also directed choirs of various ages off and on for nearly 40 years. Janiece loved to learn, travel, and play cards. Above all, she loved time spent with her children and grandchildren.
Survivors include her children, Lisa Brockmueller and her husband, Myles, Freeman, SD, Todd Lawrence and his wife, Katey, Hartford, SD; grandchildren, Ryan Brockmueller, Tommy Lawrence, Andrea "Drea" Lawrence, Tyler Brockmueller; brothers-in-law, Robert “Bob” Tabbert and Willard “Willie” Lawrence; and a host of other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; brothers, Lowell, Arval, and Orlan; sisters, Ellen Tabbert and LaVina Cramlett; sisters-in-law, Myrtle Jurgenson, Corine Jurgensen, Lucille Jurgenson, and Bonnie Lawrence.
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