Janice Jennings Ploetner

Janice Jennings Ploetner, 84, passed away at home surrounded by her husband, loving family and her caregivers. Jan was born to Catherine Beam Jennings and James Walter Jennings. She was the oldest of 4 siblings and attended Providence High School and Spalding University. She took her first job where she was introduced to her soon to be husband on a blind date set up by his sister. After dating for 6 months, he proposed on a ferris wheel where it stopped at the top and that was the beginning of their 62-year adventure. She studied everything she wanted to do with a passion and accomplished it. She tutored, worked as a testing proctor, played tennis, golf and was an artist. Tennis and painting were her passions besides her children, whom she taught structure, respect, faith and diligence. Janice made everything fun, funny and her smile and laughter lit up a room. She’s survived by her husband of 62 years, Charlie and their children, Michelle Breathitt (James Barron), Charles Mark, and Lori Ann. Her siblings James Gregory Jennings deceased (Tracey), Rebecca Gardner (William), and Kathy Vickers (Craig). Our sincere thanks go out to her loving caregivers, Andrea Frazelle, Madison Junion, Lindsay Wilson, Lena Skaggs and Vesna Bozic. Memorial gifts and donations can be made to Hosparus in her name. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Jan lived her DASH: 2/19/1939 - 1/11/2024. LIVE YOUR DASH by Linda Ellis © 2014 The line etched into a headstone between the dates of birth and death represents each step we take on earth and every single breath. For many, it’s just a hyphen marking time between the years, but in that little dash is a lifetime of laughter, love and tears. We each create the legacy our dash will someday represent, and decide if the life we’re given is truly lived…or merely spent. Some deem themselves successful if they can spend in large amounts, but how you spend your only dash is all that really counts. Time steals our days and hours before we recognize the theft and we live each day not knowing how much of our dash is left. Responsibilities of daily life -- the bills, the job, the cash affect the way we choose to use this important little dash. Memories in the making are happening now, and happening here. So take the time to make the time, before they disappear. This is it. This is the show with no time to rehearse. Minutes move only forward -- never, ever in reverse. So, don’t spend this time in sorrow or with bitterness and fear. The future may be uncertain, but right now, your dash is here.

Janice Jennings Ploetner

February 19, 1939 - January 11, 2024