Janet C Winters

Janet C. Winters, 87, of Stroudsburg passed away on December 25, 2015 at the Pocono Health Systems Hospice House. She was the wife of the late Charles E Winters who died in 2005. Born June 27 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the daughter of the late Joseph and Marion (Orner) Carroll. Janet was a member of Saint Luke’s Catholic Church, and the YMCA Exercise Class. Prior to her retirement she was a pharmaceutical technician at Pocono Medical Center for 17 years; she was then employed by Sears. Janet was the mother of 5 children and is survived by her 4 daughters, Cynthia Tapkas of Bonita Springs, Florida, Christine James and her husband John of Tannersville, Catherine Sommers of Stroudsburg and Carole Van Assche and her husband Martin of Cape Coral FL; she is also survived by her grandsons Jason and Joshua Tapkas, Morgan and Garrett James, Robert Shelton and Ryan Sommers. She is also survived by her sister Virginia Carroll of Lancaster, PA. She was predeceased by her son Charles J. “Chip” Winters. A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday December 31, 2015 at 10:00am at the Church of Saint Luke, 818 Main Street Stroudsburg with Father Carmen Perry as celebrant. There will be a visitation on Thursday from 9:00am until the time of the mass at the church. Burial of her cremated remains will be at the convenience of the family in the Laurelwood Cemetery. The Bensing-Thomas Funeral Home, 401 North 5th Street, Stroudsburg is in charge of the arrangements In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to either Animal Welfare Society Of Monroe, “AWSOM”, PO Box 13, Stroudsburg PA 18360 or to the Pocono Health Systems Hospice House, 502 VNA Road, East Stroudsburg PA 18301