Janet Ruth Homan, born near Convoy, Ohio on January 15, 1942, daughter of Earl and Inas Mace, passed away on October 2, 2023.  When she was in the second grade her family moved into a remodeled, partial log cabin in Spencerville, Ohio. Jan grew up on the family farm in Spencerville and graduated from Spencerville High School in 1960.  She attended Bowling Green State University and graduated with a degree in Speech Therapy. She was happily and luckily married to Richard Homan in July of 1965.  She said it was love at first sight. She worked as a speech therapist first in Dayton, Ohio, and later near Hornell & Rochester, New York. She left the education field after developing type 1 diabetes in 1968. Jan and Dick were blessed with their only child Ruth Noel Homan in 1967.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters: Kathy Wojcik and Beth Branstetter.

Jan is survived by her dear sisters: Romaine Whetstone of Van Wert, Ohio, and Earlene Rhodes of Plain City, Ohio; and many loved nieces and nephews.

Jan fought gallantly and diligently to control her diabetes for 56 years. That did not keep her from enjoying walking the paths around Fairfield Glade, reading biographies and uplifting stories. She was a lover of old comedies, and musicals and attended plays at the Cumberland County Playhouse. She especially loved sharing stories and spending time at family reunions whenever they could get together. She was a faithful member of Fairfield Glade Community Church where she joyfully sang in the choir for many years. She loved visiting Dollywood the Smokey Mountains and other national parks. She was a loving, caring wife, mother, sister, aunt, neighbor, and friend and will be missed by many in her Fairfield Glade community.

In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to the American Diabetes in her name.

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Obituary by Crossville Memorial Funeral Home.