Born on April 7, 1925 in Cut Back, Montana to Emma Schultz Dirlam and Leo Taylor Dirlam, she grew up on the Blackfoot Indian Reservation and went to a one room school.When she graduated from High School in 1943, the life and times of Mrs. Janice Naomi Dirlam League spanned our nation.She made friends with whomever she met and worked with, was a dear and loving wife, mother and friend, always a good and humble Christian who led by example through a heart that could see the best in any person or situation in life.
Janice completed a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University Of Washington School Of Nursing in Seattle, Washington in 1948 through the U. S. Army Cadet Nursing Program and went on to use her talents in many ways.Starting her working career behind a soda fountain in the local drug store as a teenager, as a rivet bucker in a Boeing Aircraft Plant in Seattle before college and then as a Public Health Nurse in Clay County, Florida in 1950, she saw patients throughout Green Cove Springs and the surrounding area. Janice helped to establish the NE Florida Cystic Fibrosis Clinic in Jacksonville Florida and served the patients and families as Nursing Director for over fourteen (14) years. When her daughter, Nancy League Moureau, gained her nursing degree, Janice joined her working at University Medical Center in the Pediatric Department. She continued her work with pediatric patients with Children's Medical Services and the State of Florida Retardation Department, always working with afflicted children and their families sharing her skill and love and retired in 1993 from Children's Medical Services.
Janice married Daniel League in 1951 and was widowed in 1994. Together, they raised four children.She was a member of the Riverside Baptist Church in Jacksonville, FL for 53 years, where she also worked in the Women's Missionary Union, member of the Kingdom Builders Sunday School Class and a former deacon.She was also a member of the Eastern Star, Job's Daughters and Intravenous Nursing Society, she also worked in the Local Schools, Woodstock Community Groups, other civic organizations, clubs and other groups throughout her life. Following her retirement in 1990, she spent most of her time either in Hartwell, GA with her daughter's family or with her son's in Orange Park, FL.At the age of eighty-four (84) Jan felt that she had lived a rich and full life, happy and ready to move on to a richer life with the Lord. Janice and her family express many thanks to all the family, friends and Hospice for love and support throughout her life and recent illness. Janice is survived by her sons, David League and Richard Andrew League; daughter in law, Nancy Rene Arwood League; a daughter, Nancy League Moureau; two daughters in law, Alice Mulder League and Angie League. Janice had six grandsons: Derek Mulder (Amanda), Trevor, Toby Alan, Tristan, Christopher & Corey and one granddaughter, Jordan Davidson Moureau and she had one great grandson, Dorian Mulder. She is preceded by her son, Mark Bruce League.
Janice spent her last two weeks surrounded by her loving family and friends, enjoying affection, manicures, pedicures, lovely hairdos, and visiting the community theatre in Hartwell. She loved to be going somewhere every day, and never liked to be left behind. Janice League, loved by all, she will be remembered and missed.
A celebration of her life will be Saturday, May 23 at 2:00 p.m. at the Hartwell First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Stephen Nelms, Rev. Jeremy Wise and Mr. Fred Greenway officiating.The family will receive friends after the funeral service at the home, 1905 Whippoorwill Tr., Hartwell.
A celebration of her life service will be held on Wednesday, May 27 at 11:00 a.m. at the Riverside Baptist Church, Corner of Park and King Streets, with Rev. Terry Rhodes and Rev. David Holladay officiating.A reception will follow.Burial will be in the Riverside Memorial Park.
The body is at the Strickland Funeral Home of Hartwell, where the family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Friday night. The family is at the home.Memorials may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, www.cff.org or to Hospice of the Upstate, www.hospicehouse.net.