Janice M. "Grandma Silly" (Westlund) Weiner, 55, of Altoona, died Saturday, July 10, 2004, at Luther Hospital. She was born in Eau Claire on May 2, 1949, the daughter of Severin and Lorraine (Benson) Westlund. She graduated from Memorial High School with the class of 1967. \r\nJanice worked fourteen years at the Eau Claire Post Office until her retirement, on October 4, 1999.\r\nSurvivors include her daughter, Lori Weiner and her children, Akeisha and Meagan Myers; her son, Ron (Brenda) Weiner and their children, Lance, Kayla and Chase Weiner, and Kassondre King all of Eau Claire; sister, Joan Westlund of Tucson, AZ; uncle, Donald (Florence) Benson of Eau Claire; cousins and many loving friends.\r\nShe was preceded in death by her parents.\r\nJan was a very talented and compassionate person who loved her grandchildren, gardening, nature, art, 4th of July, Halloween, traveling and making people laugh. She was passionate about human rights and environmental issues.\r\nA Memorial Celebration of her life will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at Lenmark-Gomsrud-Linn Funeral Home with Chaplain Aimee Wollman officiating. Family and friends are invited to call from 4 p.m. until time of services Wednesday at the funeral home.

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