Janice Stevenson

Janice Marie Stevenson, 80, of Toledo, Iowa passed away Friday, April 15, 2022 at the University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa. Visitation will be held Thursday, April 21, 2022 at Conway-Markham Funeral Home, Elma, Iowa at 11 AM; with funeral service at noon, at Conway-Markham Funeral Home, Elma, Iowa to be followed with interment at Howard Cemetery, Elma, Iowa. Online condolences may left at www.conway-markhamfh.com. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the family. Janice was born July 22, 1941 in Ridgeway, Iowa; the daughter of Adolf and Thresa (Stika) Komarek. She was the youngest of four children. She attended school at Assumption and Notre Dame in Cresco, Iowa. Janice was united in marriage to Ronald Dean Stevenson at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa on June 30, 1958. They moved to Toledo, Iowa in 1959 living in the country where they raised six children. She was a homemaker until all the children were grown. She and Ron then moved into town where she started her second career working at Toledo Chronicle, PrintCo, and Carrington Place Nursing Home until retiring. Janice was a member of Toledo American Legion, being 3rd District President 1989/1990. She enjoyed road trips-flower gardens-working in her large yard-the company of friends-and watching her grandchildren and great grandchildren grow. Janice is survived by five children-Kevin of Merrill, WI; Bobby (Barb) of Keystone Heights, FL; Kim (Dennis Scarbrough) Buenzow of Nashua, IA; Valerie (Karl) Koenig of Stockbridge, GA; and Ronald Scott (Mandy) of Storm Lake, IA. Fourteen grandchildren-Matthew, Daniel, Shasta, Olivia, Laura, Kelsey, Sara, Jill, Katelyn, Megan, Hilary, Charles, Evan, and Jacob; and ten great grandchildren with "baby Hodges" coming soon. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Ron (August 27, 2015); two sisters, Gertie Havlik, Lorraine Morris and brother James Komarek; daughter Rhonda (June 24, 1974) and grandson Daniel (March 6, 2006).