Janice Gilder

After a long struggle with Parkinson’s Disease, Janice Gilder passed away Friday, November 18, 2022 here in Butte. She was born in Missoula, Montana, Sunday, August 18, 1935 to Floyd and Janet (Raff) Alkire. She graduated from Missoula County High School in 1953 and also attended the University of Montana. Janice began working for the U. S. Forest Service in 1955 and was employed for the next two years. In 1956 she married Charles Gilder, also of Missoula and in early 1958 they traveled to Virginia with baby son, Michael and where there for two years at Fort Lee while Charlie served his ROTC commitment to the Army. After Charlie’s discharge in the Spring of 1960 they moved to Butte, where Charlie began his career with the Montana Power Company. Janice was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority, Butte Junior League and Chapter G of the PEO Sisterhood. She and the family spent a great deal of time over 25 years at their summer home on Flathead Lake enjoying get-togethers with family and friends. She also looked forward to watching children and grandchildren taking part in school and sporting events in Butte, Bigfork, Missoula and Kalispell. Janice was preceded in death by her son Michael in 1985, husband, Charlie in 2014 and brothers Bob and Don. She is survived by her daughter, Karen Andrus and her children, Brooke (Patrick Kitchens) and Travis, daughter and son-in-law, Kris and Mark Leipheimer and their children Tara and Tessa and Jason Bullock and daughter Laura Gilder-Dodge, Jack Dodge and their children, Tyler and Britney Gilder, Nick, Charlie and Abby Dodge (Cole Harper). Janice was so happy to be a great-grandmother in the summer of 2019 when Tyler and Britney Gilder welcomed baby girl Logan and Tess and Jason Bullock welcomed baby boy Jett. In the spring of 2021 Tyler and Britney happily announced their birth of their son, Beau Michael. Cremation has taken place. Memorial services for Janice will be conducted Saturday, December 3rd at 3 PM in Wayrynen-Richards Funeral Home with Deacon John Uggetti officiating. Memorials in memory of Janice may be made to the Charles Gilder Memorial Scholarship Fund c/o Nick Dodge.

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Janice Gilder

August 18, 1935 - November 18, 2022