Peru Tribune
Janice Marie Nowling, 55, Peru, entered into eternal rest at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007 at her residence following a three-month illness.
She was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on Nov. 27, 1952 to Wayne and Helen (Watson) Simpson, currently of Clinton. She married Robert D. Nowling, Peru Municipal Golf Pro, on Jan. 5, 1973 in Clinton, and he survives. Janice was the loving mother of two sons, Sean Robert Nowling (Elizabeth Gattman) soon to be of Helsinki, Finland, and Michael Wayne Nowling, Lafayette.
Janice graduated from Clinton High School in 1970 and attended Indiana State University, receiving undergraduate and graduate degrees. She was recipient of the Stokely Van Camp Award presented to the outstanding senior student at ISU in the Family and Consumer Science department before embarking on her 31-year teaching career. Up until her illness Janice taught Family and Consumer Sciences at Peru High School for the past 27 years, where she served as department head. She was the 1998 Peru Community Schools Teacher of the Year. During her years at Peru High School, Janice was instrumental in establishing and promoting the Tiger Pride Scholarship fund and developed the "Baby Think It Over" project, which brought her national recognition. She was also the facilitator of the school's peer mediation program, provider of after-school computer classes for her colleagues and was a successful grant writer. Recently she was selected as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction by the National Honor Society of High School Scholars.
Janice also was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Peru, where she served as a Sunday school teacher, small group leader, Girls Discipleship leader and a member of the Church Renewal Team. She also coordinated and participated in several mission trips and various other activities. Janice volunteered in many community causes such as the Peru Amateur Circus, the Clown Ministry of Popcorn & Jingles, Peru Junior Golf Programs and developed partnerships with community based agencies: The Babe Store, Nurturing Parenting Program, BIRTHRIGHT, Riley Hospital and Healthy Families Program, to provide them with hats, bibs, blankets, heart pillows and quillows made by her students in her child development classes. She was the 1999 Miami County Council of Social Agencies Employee of the Year. She also served as an Indiana Advocate for Children through CASA, and in 2006, Janice was awarded the Tom Gustin Child Abuse Prevention Award by the Miami County Child Abuse Council. This fall, Janice was named Woman of the Year by the Business and Professional Women's Club of Peru.
Surviving besides her husband, children and parents are her maternal grandmother, Elsie Watson, Morganfield, Ky.; great-aunt, Docia Powell, Sturgis, Ky.; parents-in-law, Arthur and Mary Ruth Nowling, Clinton; brother, Bill Simpson, Charleston, S.C.; sisters Donna Guinn (George), Clinton, and Nancy Deitch (Mark), Summerville, S.C.; brother and sister-in-law Mike and Valerie Nowling, Fort Wayne; special sister Patricia Gahs (Denny), Peru; and 12 nieces and nephews.
A service celebrating the life of Janice Marie Nowling will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the First Baptist Church, 53 E. Main St., Peru, with Pastor Robert Adelsperger officiating.
Burial will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru.
Janice Marie Nowling, 55, Peru, entered into eternal rest at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007 at her residence following a three-month illness.
She was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on Nov. 27, 1952 to Wayne and Helen (Watson) Simpson, currently of Clinton. She married Robert D. Nowling, Peru Municipal Golf Pro, on Jan. 5, 1973 in Clinton, and he survives. Janice was the loving mother of two sons, Sean Robert Nowling (Elizabeth Gattman) soon to be of Helsinki, Finland, and Michael Wayne Nowling, Lafayette.
Janice graduated from Clinton High School in 1970 and attended Indiana State University, receiving undergraduate and graduate degrees. She was recipient of the Stokely Van Camp Award presented to the outstanding senior student at ISU in the Family and Consumer Science department before embarking on her 31-year teaching career. Up until her illness Janice taught Family and Consumer Sciences at Peru High School for the past 27 years, where she served as department head. She was the 1998 Peru Community Schools Teacher of the Year. During her years at Peru High School, Janice was instrumental in establishing and promoting the Tiger Pride Scholarship fund and developed the "Baby Think It Over" project, which brought her national recognition. She was also the facilitator of the school's peer mediation program, provider of after-school computer classes for her colleagues and was a successful grant writer. Recently she was selected as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction by the National Honor Society of High School Scholars.
Janice also was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Peru, where she served as a Sunday school teacher, small group leader, Girls Discipleship leader and a member of the Church Renewal Team. She also coordinated and participated in several mission trips and various other activities. Janice volunteered in many community causes such as the Peru Amateur Circus, the Clown Ministry of Popcorn & Jingles, Peru Junior Golf Programs and developed partnerships with community based agencies: The Babe Store, Nurturing Parenting Program, BIRTHRIGHT, Riley Hospital and Healthy Families Program, to provide them with hats, bibs, blankets, heart pillows and quillows made by her students in her child development classes. She was the 1999 Miami County Council of Social Agencies Employee of the Year. She also served as an Indiana Advocate for Children through CASA, and in 2006, Janice was awarded the Tom Gustin Child Abuse Prevention Award by the Miami County Child Abuse Council. This fall, Janice was named Woman of the Year by the Business and Professional Women's Club of Peru.
Surviving besides her husband, children and parents are her maternal grandmother, Elsie Watson, Morganfield, Ky.; great-aunt, Docia Powell, Sturgis, Ky.; parents-in-law, Arthur and Mary Ruth Nowling, Clinton; brother, Bill Simpson, Charleston, S.C.; sisters Donna Guinn (George), Clinton, and Nancy Deitch (Mark), Summerville, S.C.; brother and sister-in-law Mike and Valerie Nowling, Fort Wayne; special sister Patricia Gahs (Denny), Peru; and 12 nieces and nephews.
A service celebrating the life of Janice Marie Nowling will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the First Baptist Church, 53 E. Main St., Peru, with Pastor Robert Adelsperger officiating.
Burial will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru.
Peru Tribune
Janice Marie Nowling, 55, Peru, entered into eternal rest at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007 at her residence following a three-month illness.
She was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on Nov. 27, 1952 to Wayne and Helen (Watson) Simpson, currently of Clinton. She married Robert D. Nowling, Peru Municipal Golf Pro, on Jan. 5, 1973 in Clinton, and he survives. Janice was the loving mother of two sons, Sean Robert Nowling (Elizabeth Gattman) soon to be of Helsinki, Finland, and Michael Wayne Nowling, Lafayette.
Janice graduated from Clinton High School in 1970 and attended Indiana State University, receiving undergraduate and graduate degrees. She was recipient of the Stokely Van Camp Award presented to the outstanding senior student at ISU in the Family and Consumer Science department before embarking on her 31-year teaching career. Up until her illness Janice taught Family and Consumer Sciences at Peru High School for the past 27 years, where she served as department head. She was the 1998 Peru Community Schools Teacher of the Year. During her years at Peru High School, Janice was instrumental in establishing and promoting the Tiger Pride Scholarship fund and developed the "Baby Think It Over" project, which brought her national recognition. She was also the facilitator of the school's peer mediation program, provider of after-school computer classes for her colleagues and was a successful grant writer. Recently she was selected as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction by the National Honor Society of High School Scholars.
Janice also was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Peru, where she served as a Sunday school teacher, small group leader, Girls Discipleship leader and a member of the Church Renewal Team. She also coordinated and participated in several mission trips and various other activities. Janice volunteered in many community causes such as the Peru Amateur Circus, the Clown Ministry of Popcorn & Jingles, Peru Junior Golf Programs and developed partnerships with community based agencies: The Babe Store, Nurturing Parenting Program, BIRTHRIGHT, Riley Hospital and Healthy Families Program, to provide them with hats, bibs, blankets, heart pillows and quillows made by her students in her child development classes. She was the 1999 Miami County Council of Social Agencies Employee of the Year. She also served as an Indiana Advocate for Children through CASA, and in 2006, Janice was awarded the Tom Gustin Child Abuse Prevention Award by the Miami County Child Abuse Council. This fall, Janice was named Woman of the Year by the Business and Professional Women's Club of Peru.
Surviving besides her husband, children and parents are her maternal grandmother, Elsie Watson, Morganfield, Ky.; great-aunt, Docia Powell, Sturgis, Ky.; parents-in-law, Arthur and Mary Ruth Nowling, Clinton; brother, Bill Simpson, Charleston, S.C.; sisters Donna Guinn (George), Clinton, and Nancy Deitch (Mark), Summerville, S.C.; brother and sister-in-law Mike and Valerie Nowling, Fort Wayne; special sister Patricia Gahs (Denny), Peru; and 12 nieces and nephews.
A service celebrating the life of Janice Marie Nowling will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the First Baptist Church, 53 E. Main St., Peru, with Pastor Robert Adelsperger officiating.
Burial will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru.
Janice Marie Nowling, 55, Peru, entered into eternal rest at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007 at her residence following a three-month illness.
She was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on Nov. 27, 1952 to Wayne and Helen (Watson) Simpson, currently of Clinton. She married Robert D. Nowling, Peru Municipal Golf Pro, on Jan. 5, 1973 in Clinton, and he survives. Janice was the loving mother of two sons, Sean Robert Nowling (Elizabeth Gattman) soon to be of Helsinki, Finland, and Michael Wayne Nowling, Lafayette.
Janice graduated from Clinton High School in 1970 and attended Indiana State University, receiving undergraduate and graduate degrees. She was recipient of the Stokely Van Camp Award presented to the outstanding senior student at ISU in the Family and Consumer Science department before embarking on her 31-year teaching career. Up until her illness Janice taught Family and Consumer Sciences at Peru High School for the past 27 years, where she served as department head. She was the 1998 Peru Community Schools Teacher of the Year. During her years at Peru High School, Janice was instrumental in establishing and promoting the Tiger Pride Scholarship fund and developed the "Baby Think It Over" project, which brought her national recognition. She was also the facilitator of the school's peer mediation program, provider of after-school computer classes for her colleagues and was a successful grant writer. Recently she was selected as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction by the National Honor Society of High School Scholars.
Janice also was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Peru, where she served as a Sunday school teacher, small group leader, Girls Discipleship leader and a member of the Church Renewal Team. She also coordinated and participated in several mission trips and various other activities. Janice volunteered in many community causes such as the Peru Amateur Circus, the Clown Ministry of Popcorn & Jingles, Peru Junior Golf Programs and developed partnerships with community based agencies: The Babe Store, Nurturing Parenting Program, BIRTHRIGHT, Riley Hospital and Healthy Families Program, to provide them with hats, bibs, blankets, heart pillows and quillows made by her students in her child development classes. She was the 1999 Miami County Council of Social Agencies Employee of the Year. She also served as an Indiana Advocate for Children through CASA, and in 2006, Janice was awarded the Tom Gustin Child Abuse Prevention Award by the Miami County Child Abuse Council. This fall, Janice was named Woman of the Year by the Business and Professional Women's Club of Peru.
Surviving besides her husband, children and parents are her maternal grandmother, Elsie Watson, Morganfield, Ky.; great-aunt, Docia Powell, Sturgis, Ky.; parents-in-law, Arthur and Mary Ruth Nowling, Clinton; brother, Bill Simpson, Charleston, S.C.; sisters Donna Guinn (George), Clinton, and Nancy Deitch (Mark), Summerville, S.C.; brother and sister-in-law Mike and Valerie Nowling, Fort Wayne; special sister Patricia Gahs (Denny), Peru; and 12 nieces and nephews.
A service celebrating the life of Janice Marie Nowling will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the First Baptist Church, 53 E. Main St., Peru, with Pastor Robert Adelsperger officiating.
Burial will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru.
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