Janice A. Lamping, 74, of Seneca, KS, died Monday, January 29, 2001, at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca. She had been in ill health for several years.

She was born October 11, 1926, in 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 in Seneca. They lived in Lawrence while her husband went to the University of Kansas, and moved to Oakland, NJ 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 EMTs, the Fire Department, other organizations and friends in need. Her most recent contribution was for bulletproof 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 service will be 1 PM Friday, February 2, at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca. Burial will be in the Seneca City Cemetery. A visitation will be held at the funeral home from 7 to 8 PM Thursday.

Memorial contributions may be given for the Seneca EMT Association.