Elsie I. Janes

Hedwig I. “Elsie” Janes, 97, a longtime Danvers resident, died Tuesday evening, December 22, 2015 at Brightview Assisted Living following a lengthy illness. She was the wife of the late Robert E. Janes, with whom she shared fifty-nine years of marriage. Born in Salem on July 2, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Stanislaus and Maryanna (Koscienska) Nicgorski. She was raised and educated in Salem and was a graduate of Salem High School and the Salem Hospital School of Nursing. Mrs. Janes had been employed as a registered nurse at Salem Hospital and later at Danvers High School, where she retired after many years as a beloved school nurse. A communicant of Saint Mary of the Annunciation Church, she was a member of the Danvers Historical Society. She was a loving and devoted mother and grandmother. She leaves a son, David P. Janes of Clearwater, FL, three granddaughters, Courtney Brown and her husband Travis, Meegan Remillard and her husband Darryn, and Tatyana Janes, three great-grandchildren, Isabel, William, and Edith, and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by three sons, Robert Jr., William, and Richard. Her Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, December 28, 2015 at 9AM in Saint Mary of the Annunciation Church, 24 Conant St., Danvers. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery, Salem. Relatives and friends are invited. Visiting hours are Sunday from 5-7PM in C.R. Lyons & Sons Funeral Directors, 28 Elm St., Danvers Square. Donations in Elsie’s memory may be made to the Saint Mary of the Annunciation Church Sanctuary Fund, 24 Conant St., Danvers, MA 01923.