Janice E. Rinker
Sept. 13, 1943 - Jan. 20, 2017
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Visitation:
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017
2-4 and 7-9 P.M.
Mark F. Rinker Funeral Home
& Memorial Service, Inc.
Mass of Christian Burial:
Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017
11:00 A.M.
Our Lady of Angels Church
50 South Street
Cuba, NY
Interment:
Our Lady of Angels Cemetery
Cuba, NY
Memorials
may be made to:
Cuba Friends of Architecture
or
The Palmer Opera House
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Janice E. Rinker
Loving Mother, Grandmother, Sister
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Janice E. Rinker, 73, of 344 North Shore Rd., Cuba Lake, passed away Friday, January 20, 2017, at Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester after a brief illness.
Born on September 13, 1943, in Cuba, she was a daughter of James E. and Jane Lyon Boyd. On July 3, 1965, at Our Lady of Angels Church, Cuba she married Timothy J. Rinker, who predeceased her on June 27, 2013.
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| Janice was a graduate of Cuba High School Class of 1961. She went on to Nazareth College where she received her Bachelor's degree in high school mathematics. She later went on to receive her master's degree from SUNY Geneseo.
After college, she taught locally for several years before raising her family. She then worked in the offices at Rinker Oil Corp of Cuba, until her retirement in 2011.
Janice was a member of Our Lady of Angels Church, the Altar and Rosary Society, and for almost 60 years was the church organist beginning to play at the age of 14. She also played the hand bells.
She was a member of the Cuba Current Topic Club, Cuba Historical Society, Keynote Chorus, Genesee Valley Choir, Wellsville Country Club, and was a member and former treasurer of the Cuba Rushford Alumni Association. She also was actively involved with the ShowTime Productions that were sponsored by the Cuba Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
Janice was an avid golfer, liked to play cards, especially euchre, loved to read and travel, but will be remembered by her family, whom she loved deeply, as a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She also enjoyed living at Cuba Lake and the companionship of her dog Lucy.
Surviving are four daughters, Mary Kathryn (Jerome) Scherzinger of Fairmont West Virginia, Jacquelyn (Steven) Torsoe of Montebello, Joanne (Aaron) Dozier of Fort Worth, Texas, and Elizabeth (Jon) Zimmerman of Cuba; her grandchildren, Kathryn and Jacob Scherzinger, Kirsten and Kendra Torsoe, Bailey and Kinsey Dozier; four sisters, Judy V. Boyd of Rochester,
Jane M. (Stephan) Krahe of Flagstaff, Arizona, Barbara E. (Thomas) Sharp of West Henrietta, and Kathryn A. (Richard) Leahy Mableton, GA; a step brother, Brian T. (Ellen) Monahan of East Hampton; a step sister, Maureen Schultz of Ronkonkamo; a sister in law, Kay Lee Bradley Joiner of Cuba; and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband, parents and stepmother Jean Monahan Boyd.
Friends will be received at the Mark F. Rinker Funeral Home & Memorial Service, Inc., 9 Bull Street, Cuba on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 from 2-4 & 7-9 P.M. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, January 26, 2017 at Our Lady of Angels Church, 50 South Street, Cuba. The Rev. Dennis J.J. Mancuso, will be the celebrant.
The Rosary will be recited in the funeral home Wednesday evening at 8:40.
Burial will be in Our Lady of Angels Cemetery, Cuba.
Flowers are gratefully declined. Memorials may be made to the Cuba Friends of Architecture or to the Palmer Opera House.
Expressions of sympathy may be sent by clicking the button below.
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