Tryon, NC- Janice Rice DuCharme Stephenson, 93, of Braewick Estates, Tryon, died Monday, March 26, 2007 at her home. Born in Eagle Grove, IA, July 5, 1913 she was the daughter of Harriett and Norman Rice of Algena, IA. She attended Wellesley College, graduated from the University of Michigan where she was a member of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority. In 1936 she married Charles A. Ducharme II in Algona, IA in the Congregational Church. They resided in Grosse Pointe, MI for forty years. An active member of the Junior League of Detroit, Tau Beta Association, the Garden Club of Michigan, piano accompanist for the Morning Music Club, docent at the Detroit Institute of Arts, member of the Country Club of Detroit, and the Grosse Pointe Memorial Church. She enjoyed many summers in her home on Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada. In 1983 she married John A. Stephenson, Jr. in Tryon, NC. They summered in Madison, CT and wintered in Tryon, NC. Janice will be remembered for her love of family, the arts, her piano playing, animals, flowers, and the great outdoors. She is survived by her children; Charles A. Ducharme III and wife Mary Kay, Julie Doc Haynes and husband Pryce, Mary Janice Gonsaulus and husband Clyde, two step children. Also surviving are eight grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, nine step grandchildren, twelve step great-grandchildren, her loving sisters-in-law Isabel Child of Tryon and four nephews, including Jon Ducharme of Tryon. A memorial service will be held Friday, March 30, 2007 at 1:00 P.M. in the Congregational Church of Christ with Rev. Robert Barrows officiating.Visitation will be held prior to the service from 12:00 until 1:00 P.M.Interment will be at a later date in Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, MI.In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to the Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, NC 28782 or Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, C/O Hospice House, 130 Forest Glen Drive, Columbus, NC 28722.
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