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Janice Elaine BROWN

Janice Elaine BROWN

Female 1928 - 2021  (92 years)


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  • Name Janice Elaine BROWN  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth 31 Mar 1928  Hebron, Thayer, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5
    Gender Female 
    Census 2 May 1950  Hebron, Thayer, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death 6 Mar 2021  Thayer County Hospital/Hebron, Thayer, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Burial 29 May 2021  Rose Hill Cemetery/Hebron, Thayer, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I1224  Rivera Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2025 

    Family Henry Louis KRIPAL,   b. 5 May 1923, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1985, Columbus, Platte, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 16 Oct 1947  Hanover, Washington, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Susan Elizabeth KRIPAL
    +2. Christine Ann KRIPAL
    +3. Anne Marie KRIPAL,   b. 1 Feb 1957, Hebron, Thayer, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 2009, Columbus Community Hospital/Columbus, Platte, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F401  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2025 

  • Sources 
    1. [S78] Kripal.ged.
      Date of Import: 18 Jun 2003

    2. [S1147] Obituary of Janice KRIPAL, (Name: Lincoln Journal Star; Location: Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA; Date: 9 Mar 2021;).
      Kripal Janice E. March 31, 1928 to March 6, 2021

      Janice Brown Kripal daughter of Truman Brown and Wilma Geisler Brown was born March 31st 1928 in Hebron Nebraska. She passed from this life at Thayer County Hospital on March 6th, 2021 at the age of 92 years. Janice was baptized in Hebron at Grace Lutheran and later confirmed at the Sandy, Oregon Lutheran Church. She attended school in Gresham Oregon, and Hebron Nebraska. She graduated from Hebron High School with the class of 1946. Janice spent her life raising her family and working as an accountant in Columbus Nebraska at several firms, the last being Vishay Corporation in Columbus. before she retired in 1996. After the death of her daughter Anne, she moved back to Hebron from Columbus in 2013.

      She was preceded in death by husband Henry (Hank) L. Kripal, daughter Anne M. Stotts, parents, Truman and Wilma Brown and brother Duane Brown. She is survived by daughters Susan Asher & Christine Wiedel, grandchildren Jill and Rick, Jessica and Alan, Matthew and Carrie, Adam and Whitney, Carrie and Shawn, and Isaac. Ten great-grandchildren, sister Andrea Brown Storz, brother Douglas Brown, nieces and nephews.

    3. [S1148] Obituary of Anne STOTTS, (Name: Columbus Telegram; Location: Columbus, Platte, Nebraska, USA; Date: 24 May 2009;).
      Anne Stotts

      COLUMBUS - Anne M. Stotts, 52, of Columbus, Nebraska, died Saturday, May 23, 2009, at the Columbus Community Hospital.

      A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, May 26, 10:30 a.m. at the St. Bonaventure Catholic Church with Father Tom Weisbecker officiating. Visitation will be on Monday from 4-7 p.m. with a 7 p.m. vigil service at Gass Haney Funeral Home. Visitation will continue on Tuesday from 9-10:15 a.m. at Gass Haney Funeral Home. Memorials may be directed to the American Diabetes Association or donor's choice.

      Anne Marie Stotts was born Feb. 1, 1957, in Hebron, Neb., to Henry and Janice (Brown) Kripal. When Anne was a year old, she moved with her family to Woodland Drive in Columbus. Anne began her schooling at St. Bonaventure's and moved to Columbus Middle School in seventh grade. Anne graduated from Columbus High School in 1975 and then attended Central Community College for two years where she received her Associate Degree in Business. On June 7, 1996, Anne married Andrew Stotts in Columbus. They had one son, Isaac Thomas Stotts.

      Anne is survived by: Husband: Andrew Stotts of Columbus; Son: Isaac Stotts of Columbus; Mother: Janice Kripal of Columbus; Sister: Chris (Lonnie) Wiedel of Hebron; Sister: Susan Asher of Erie, Colo.; Many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.

      Anne was preceded in death by: Father: Henry Kripal; Mother and father-in-law: Viola and Warren Stotts; Grandparents.

    4. [S1153] 1950 U.S. Census, Nebraska, Thayer, Hebron, Seventeenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Enumeration District No. 85-21, Sheet No. 18.
      Lines 21 thru 23

    5. [S1146] Rose Hill Cemetery (Hebron, Thayer, Nebraska, USA), Grave Markers.
      KRIPAL
      HENRY L.
      1923 - 1985
      JANICE E.
      1928 - 2021

      CHILDREN - SUSAN, CHRISTINE, ANNE


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