Janice Lubbers

Janice passed away on Monday, July 2, 2012 peacefully in her home with her family. Janice had a severe brain injury 5 years ago which ultimately contributed to her demise. Janice was an amazing woman. She not only leaves the legacy of a vision and hard work to her children but to the community of Rawlins In 1978, Janice and her husband David purchased the then dilapidated Ferris Mansion. Janice beckoned her sister Phyllis Lenz who then lived in Maryland for assistance in the restoration of the 8000 square foot home. David, Janice and Phyllis worked arduously with smiles on their faces and laughter wafting down from ladders, lifts and scaffolding. Scrape, scrape, sand, sand, paint, paint, fix, fix. They were a well oiled machine. Janice always the impetus behind direction, focus and color schemes. The mansion is restored to it's original grandeur. They ran it as a bed and breakfast from 1982-1996. Janice received the first bed and breakfast license ever issued in the state of Wyoming. Featured in several magazines and Restore America with Bob Vila, the restoration of the mansion gained much attention. After retiring from the bed and breakfast business, the mansion was their private home for 13 years. Janice is survived by her sister, Phyllis Lenz who again lives in Maryland. Her son, Todd Lubbers, her daughter, Kaye-Marie Wilder (Robert) and her grandchildren, Rebecka Lubbers, Max Doebele, Whitney, Shelby and Makayla Wilder. Janice was proceeded in death by her husband David, her son Keary Lubbers and her brother Vernon Hanson. Born on December 10,1936 to Palmer and Erna Hanson. She grew up in Browns Valley, Minnesota. She attended college in North Dakota and South Dakota. David and Janice married in 1956. They moved to Rawlins form Huron, SD in 1972. Janiceʼs wish was to be cremated and there will be no services. Kaye-Marie and her husband Robert reopened the bed and breakfast 3 years ago after they moved to Rawlins from Encampment in to care for Janice.