Janice Rae (Walton) Beza, 77, of North Platte, NE passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 29, 2024 at her home. Janice was born on August 4, 1946 in Sutherland, NE the daughter of Laverne E. and Leona M. (Isaacson) Walton.
Janice graduated from North Platte Senior High School in 1964, with continuing education via night courses at Mid-Plains Community College with an emphasis in business accounting and real estate.
She married the love of her life, Richard “Dick” Beza in North Platte on March 7, 1964, and were blessed with the birth of their son Michael in 1970. She was a member of Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, LWML Circle, American Legion Auxiliary, and a volunteer for the “Goodfellow Shoe Fund” and North Platte Christian Women’s Club, and a former member of NP Volunteer Firemen’s Auxiliary.
She spent over 40 years in the workforce, and had the privilege of working at several local businesses before retiring in 2011 from the IRS as a Taxpayer Resolution Representative.
She enjoyed Bible Studies, meeting friends for coffee, cards, board games, crossword puzzles, and Sudoku. She and Dick enjoyed taking dance lessons and dancing. They traveled throughout the U.S. and including overseas to Germany.
Janice was preceded in death by her parents, stepfather, Warren “Baldy” Linstrom; sister, Betty Jo Warwick; brother, Jerry Walton; nephew, Jeffrey Walton; her husband’s siblings and family members to include sister-in-law, Karole Bell; great-niece, Wende White, and great-nephew, Bill White.
Those left to cherish Janice’s memory are her beloved husband of over 60 years, Dick; son, Michael; stepsister, Debra Sparkman of Oregon; many nephews and nieces and their families, including Patrick McNeil of North Platte, Dennis McNeal of Lincoln, Deborah Essex of Cozad, her Goddaughter, Kimberly Grimes of Omaha, as well as many other family and friends.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Wounded Warrior Project, St. Jude Children’s Hospital, or donor’s choice.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 5, 2024 at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church with Pastor Bob Deardoff officiating. Burial will follow in the North Platte Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 4th with the family receiving friends from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Carpenter Memorial Chapel, which has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Online condolences and expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family at www.carpentermemorial.com.