Funeral Services Set For Toms River South Lacrosse Coach Janis Tice

Funeral services have been set for former Toms River South girls lacrosse coach Janis K. Tice, who died Sunday, March 5, at the age of 61, according to her obituary on the Anderson & Campbell Funeral Home website.

Tice, who lived in Pine Beach, spent 30 years teaching health and physical education at Toms River High School South and developed the school's girls' lacrosse program, starting with intramurals in the late 1980s and 1990s, and as varsity coach of the Indians, which were among the first teams in when the Shore Conference added girls lacrosse in 1998 through the 2013 season.

She was born in Woodbury and was a 1974 graduate of Paulsboro High School, where she was an outstanding student-athlete and was inducted in the Paulsboro High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2011. She graduated from Glassboro State College in 1978, where she starred in lacrosse and basketball and won many athletic awards.

Tice also met her husband, Lester, while she was at Glassboro and they moved to Toms River. She later moved to Pine Beach.

She was predeceased by her husband, Lester R. Tice, in October 2012 after 35 years of marriage, and her father, Thomas A. Kelly. Janis was a devoted and loving mother and is survived by her daughters, Kelly Wright and her husband Rob, and Katie Tice; by her mother, Rita M. Kelly; her brother, Michael T. Kelly, and his wife, Barbara; her companion Eric Landmesser; her brother-in-law, Alan Tice, and his wife, Lisa; her sister-in-law, Candace Tomasik, and her husband, Richard; her sister-in-law, Linda Benko, and husband Frank; and many nephews, nieces, friends and colleagues.

Tice enjoyed spending time with her family at Lake Kolelemook, New Hampshire, and at the Jersey Shore. She and her mother often traveled with her daughter Kelly and the Shenandoah University Conservatory Choir on their many trips to Europe. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Toms River and served as a deacon.

Janis was deeply loved and will be greatly missed by her family and friends who will hold her in their hearts forever.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the ASPCA (secure.aspca.org/donate/memorial) or the Metastatic Breast Cancer Network (www.mbcn.org/contact-us/).

The viewing will be held Wednesday, March 8, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Anderson and Campbell Funeral Home, 703 Main St., Toms River, NJ 08753. A funeral service will be held on Thursday at 11 a.m. at The Presbyterian Church of Toms River, 1070 Hooper Ave., Toms River. Condolences may be made by visiting www.andersonandcampbell.com.

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