Janice Bell
A memorial service for Janice Arlene Bell, 80, Osage Beach, Mo., will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Camdenton, Mo.
Mrs. Bell died Aug. 1, 2009 at Lake REgional Hospital, Osage Beach, Mo.
She was born June 6, 1929, in Custer County, Colo., the daughter of Fred and Luella Zimmerman.
She married Dee jay Bell on Nov. 19, 1983 in Switzerland. He survives, of the home.
Mrs. Bell was raised in Denver and graduated from high school there. She went on to graduate from the University of Denver with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. She taught school for many years in California, New Mexico, Kansas and Missouri. She and Dee Jay moved to Saudi Arabia in 1983 where she continued to teach school. They retired to the Lake of the Ozarks in 1999.
She made a profession of faith and was a member of Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Camdenton.
In her spare time, she enjoyed reading and making many crafts.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Dogwood Animal Shelter or an animal shelter of the donor’s choice and left at the funeral home or the church the day of the service.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a grandson, Damon Eley.
Survivors include her loving husband, Dee Jay Bell of the home; a son, Frederick Eley of Joplin, Missouri; a daughter, Jenny Breen and husband Bill of Hagerstown, Maryland; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and many friends.
Online condolences may be made at www.alleeholmanhowe.com.