Janice A. Lamping

Janice A. Lamping, 74, of Seneca, Kansas, died Monday, January 29, at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca. She had been in ill health for several years.
     She was born October 11, 1926, at Seneca, the daughter of C. Herbert and Gladys Donaldson Walker. She grew up in Seneca and graduated from the Seneca Public High School in 1944. She attended Washburn University in Topeka for two years.
     On November 1, 1946, she married Harold D. Lamping at Seneca. They lived in Lawrence while her husband went to the University of Kansas, and moved to Oakland, New Jersey in 1948.  Her husband, Harold, died April 29, 1979.
     Mrs. Lamping returned to live in Seneca July 31, 1979. She was a member of the United Methodist Church at Seneca. She was a very generous person who had given donations to the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital, the Seneca Free Library, her church, the Seneca E.M.T's, the Fire Department, other organizations and friends in need. Her most recent contribution was for bullet-proof vests for the Seneca Police Department. She loved going to bingo with her friends. A special project of hers was feeding neighborhood cats.
     Survivors include a cousin, Ramona Murk of Concordia.
     Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her father, Herbert "Fat" Walker on December 23, 1985, and her mother, Gladys Walker on March 6, 1992.
     Funeral services will be 1 P.M. Friday, February 2, 2001,at the Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca. The burial will be in the Seneca City Cemetery. A visitation will be held at the funeral home from 7 to 8 P.M. Thursday. Mrs. Lamping will lie in state at the funeral home after 3 P.M. Wednesday.
     Memorial contributions may be given for the Seneca E.M.T. Association.