Janice Joy Cothren

Janice Joy Cothren

passed away peacefully

at her home on August

14, 2024 at the age of 84

surrounded by her loving family. Janice was

born to Francis and Laura Edmonson in Prosser,

Washington on February 11, 1940. Eventually the family moved to

Cathlamet following the

booming logging industry in the area. Janice

married Carl Cothren in April of 1958 and then

graduated from Cathlamet High School that summer.

In 1959 they welcomed their daughter Bettie

Jane. Carl and Janice were married for 38 years

and divorced in 1996. Janice worked 32 years as

a bus driver for the Naselle School District and

loved the many families she drove over the years.

After she retired she moved up north to the Woodinville area to live with her daughter and son in

law (Merle Sorenson), so she could be closer to

family. She spent those 18 years making amazing memories with her family and being a doting

grandmother and great grandmother.

Janice loved when the family was all together

and one of her favorite hobbies was taking them

all to the beach to go clam digging. Nobody can

clean or fry a clam quite like she did. Janice's

passing has left her family and her little Shih Tzu

Bella with broken hearts. She is survived by her

sister Rosalie (Tom) Webb, daughter Bettie (Merle) Sorenson, niece Lorie (Steve) Smith, granddaughter Courtney (Wade) Edelbrock, great-niece

Breanna Smith, great-nephew Austin Smith and

3 great grandchildren Reese, Hank and Chase.

She was preceded in death by her parents Francis

and Laura Edmonson, brother Kenneth Edmonson, former husband Carl Cothren and nephew

Lonnie Webb.