Janis Marie (Cooper) Flickinger's Obituary
Obituary
Janis Marie Flickinger, age 67, passed away in Waynesboro, PA on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital.
Born on July 3, 1955 in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, daughter of the late Rev. Arnold Cooper and survived by her loving mother Bessie Newsome. She grew up in NC and TN and moved to MD when she was in high school. She graduated from Thomas Johnson High School (TJ) in Frederick, Maryland. As a young adult she worked at State Farm Insurance Company and KinderCare in Frederick, Maryland. She married soon after high school and had 3 children: April Dawn Lehman, Crystal Lane Brust and Dustin William Flickinger.
She enjoyed working with children and went on to work at Fort Detrick’s Child Development Center for many years before retiring in her early 60s. Janis was a devoted Nana to her grandchildren: Autumn Lehman, Sydney Lehman, Elijah Lehman, Carson Lehman, Tatum Brust, Sophie Brust, Cameron Brust, Isabella Flickinger, Leah Flickinger and Liam Flickinger. She loved to scrapbook, bake, and draw. She had a talent for art and baking which her family and many friends were able to enjoy over the years.
Janis is also survived by her loving siblings, Margie Stemple, Sandra Crumpton, Rebecca Hatch and Arnold Cooper, Jr.
Friends and relatives are invited to visit on Thursday, July 14, 2022 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Resthaven Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. 9501-B Catoctin Mountain Highway (Rte. 15) Frederick, Maryland 21701 where a funeral service will be held on Friday, July 15, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Interment Resthaven Memorial Gardens.
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