Saratoga Springs, NY – Janice L. (Sorensen) Woodley, 83, of Saratoga Springs, died Saturday, January 21, 2012.
Born May 9, 1928, in Perry, NY, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Arloine (Calkins) Sorensen. Janice was a graduate of Perry High School in 1946 and graduated from Robert’s Beauty School in 1947. She went on to work as a beautician in a beauty shop. Janice married Paul Woodley in 1949 and they lived and raised their family in Saratoga Springs. She worked at several different jobs in Saratoga Springs including the Saratoga race track, Skidmore College, Denby’s, Jamesway and the YMCA. Janice was an avid reader and enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. She will always be remembered as a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Survivors include her husband, Paul Woodley; children, Constance (Donald) Buchholz, Rebecca (Craig) Ritter, JoAnn (Bruce) Shirley and Douglas (Deborah Riegel) Woodley; grandchildren, Robert and Jessalyn Shirley, Samantha Mendez, George Buchholz, Julianna DuRose and Sarah Riegel; and great-grandchildren, Andrew, Morgan and Sarah Buchholz, Aiden DuRose and Lauren Mendez.
Funeral services were held Thursday, January 26, 2012, at the funeral home officiated by Rev. Derik Roy. Burial will be at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga Nationa1 Cemetery, Duell Rd., Schuylerville.
Arrangements are under the direction of the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Home, 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY, (518) 584-5373.
Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.
