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Janice Hencken

Janice Hencken, 79, of Huntington, IN, died June 28, 2019, at Ashton Creek Health and Rehab Center in Fort Wayne.
 
Ms. Hencken grew up on a farm near Sumner, IA, and graduated from Sumner High School in 1957.  While living in Iowa, she was employed at Kroblin Refrigerated Express and in banking.  She moved to Indiana from Iowa in 1968.  She resided in North Manchester and Wabash before moving to the Huntington area. She was employed in the offices of Peabody Seating in North Manchester and she was a finance assistant at CFM and Majestic before retiring in 2006 with 38 years of service.   She was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church, Huntington.

She was born Oct. 14, 1939, in Hampton, IA, to Leonard and Madilin Bryan Hencken.   

She is survived by a brother, Mark (Dawn) Barnholt, of Fort Wayne, and a sister, Laura (Denny) Frieden, of Huntington

Calling is Saturday, July 6, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon at St. Peter Lutheran Church, 648 N. LaFontaine St., Huntington. A funeral Service will follow immediately after at noon at the church, with Rev, Timothy Lorenz officiating. Interment will be in Friends Cemetery, Wabash, at a later date.

Memorials are to St. Peter Lutheran Church, in care of McElhaney-Hart Funeral Home, 715 N. Jefferson St., Huntington, IN  46750.
           
Online condolences may be made at www.mcelhaneyhartfuneralhome.com.