Janice L. Knapp, 90, of Cascade, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, November 16, 2023 at Accura Health Care in Cascade, Iowa.

Visitation for Janice will be held from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., on Monday, November 20, 2023 at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Cascade, Iowa.  The Reiff Funeral Home in Cascade, Iowa is assisting the family with arrangements.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Janice will be held at 10:00 a.m., on Monday, November 20, 2023, at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Cascade, Iowa, with Rev. Mark Osterhaus presiding.  Concelebrating will be Rev. Daniel Knepper and Msgr. James Miller.  Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery.

Janice was born on March 27, 1933 in Love II Township, Monticello, Iowa, daughter of Gerhard and Johanna (Curtis) Freese.  She attended Lovell Township School #9 and graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Monticello, Iowa.  She was united in marriage to Donald Knapp on August 8, 1953 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Monticello, Iowa.  He preceded her in death on July 2, 2022.  She was a great homemaker, always busy raising nine children.

Janice was a Secretary for Don from 1985-1993 when he was in the House of Representatives.  She was also a Rubbermaid-Tupperware sales member.

She was a member of the St. Matthias Parish in Cascade and participated in the Marriage Encounters and TEC’s.

Janice is survived by seven children: Lu Oldaker, Gregory (Joyce) Knapp, Martin (Julie) Knapp, Walter Knapp, Linda (Alan) Reiter, Lydia (Mark) Strief, and Nicholas (Kim Clark) Knapp; 15 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild born the day prior to her death.

She is also preceded in death by her parents; two children, Martha Knapp and Bradley Knapp; one son-in-law, Daniel Oldaker; her siblings, Daune Freese, Joyce Gassman and Jean Hines/Hosford; her in-laws, Jeanette Freese, Paul Gassman, John Hines, Clarence Hosford, Margaret (Thomas) Smith. Mary Ann O’Shea, Nancy Hess and Robert Knapp.