Janice A. Senter

“Find your inner artist” Famed painter Janice Treece-Senter, with a career that spanned more than fifty years, passed away peacefully on February 1, 2022. She was 67. She spent most of her life making the world more beautiful with her paintings and other creations and inspiring others to find their inner-artist. Born in Russellville, TN to Robert and Maggie (Wilson) Treece, Janice married her high school sweetheart Joseph Senter when she was seventeen. Her son Joseph Jerome was born soon after and her daughter Crystal several years later. She earned her drafting and design degree from Walter’s State in Morristown,TN and worked as the first female drafter at American Enka, drafting building designs by hand long before the days of Computer Aided Design. When she was raising her children, she encouraged them to try whatever they wanted to try: ballet, football, music, cheerleading, dance, tap, poetry, breakdancing, you name it. And pets were also welcomed in her home: including birds, puppies, kittens, turtles and even a lone hermit crab that has not been seen since he abandoned his shell during a crowded dinner party in 1989. Janice exhibited across the United States and her artwork has appeared in over twenty books. In 2020, she was invited to paint an ornament in the Tennessee state house, which was made possible due to an “angel painter” who painted it for her. Janice is survived by her son: Joseph J. Senter (Marcie) of CA, her daughter Crystal Senter-Brown (Corey) of MA and grandson: Adonte of GA, her sisters: Carolyn Atkins, Mary Anderson (Eddie Joe), Marsha Bailey of Tennessee and a brother Gary Treece of Tennessee. She is also survived by a host of nieces and nephews and one great niece. Friends and family will have the opportunity to celebrate Janice’s life during Easter weekend in Springfield, MA, and the week of July 5 in Tennessee. New England Funeral & Cremation Center, LLC, 25 Mill Street, Springfield, MA has been entrusted with the arrangements. Please visit Janice’s memorial page at www.nefcc.net where expressions of sympathy may be submitted. Details will be also be published at www.janicetreecesenter.com To send a flower arrangement or to plant trees in memory of Janice A. Senter.

Janice A. Senter

July 5, 1954 - February 1, 2022