Janice Sue Degraffenreid

Janice Sue (Schimmel) Degraffenreid, 77, passed away September 26, 2024 at her home.

A memorial service with Rocky Barrett officiating, will be at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, October 3, 2024 at Walker Funeral Chapel with CPN Chairman Rocky Barrett officiating.  Burial of cremains to follow at Johnson Cemetery.

Janice was born October 17, 1946, in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Vernon Doc Schimmel and Mildred Louise (Peltier) Beagle. She attended Shawnee schools before earning her Associates Degree from Claremore Junior College. She then began her career in health care where she was a long-time care giver. She also had worked for the C.P.N. ball park complex and C.P.N. East Health Clinic with her CPN family, who she loved and cared for deeply. Janice enjoyed her animals and everyone else’s animals, especially her dogs and cats, and grand dogs and all other grand animals and spending time with her family and friends. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, a son: Jerry Martin, brothers: Richard, James, Robert, and Gerald Schimmel, and 2 sisters: Mildred Ann Henry and Phyllis Treat.

She is survived by 3 children: Alan Martin and wife Cindy of Franktown, CO, Andy Martin of OKC, and Tammie Giem and husband Joe of Muskogee, grandchildren: Thomas Martin, Christy Martin, Coy Martin, Jared Giem and wife Bethany, Joshua Giem and Sydney Patton, Emrie Patton and Noah Patton, Jamaul and Lindsey Collum, Isaiah Cullom and Jayden Cullom, 1 brother: Dennis Schimmel and wife Crystal, nieces: Stephanie Clutter and Susan Gregg, and numerous other nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

 The obituary photo is of Janice (left) and her late sister Phyllis Treat.