Janis M. Bishop

Beloved wife, mother, sister and grandmother, Janis Marilyn Bishop, 74, of Henderson, passed away April 5, 2011, after a brief illness with cancer.

She was born May 22, 1936, in Lorain, Ohio, the third child of Henry and Saralee Newman, and was a 21year resident of Nevada.
Janis moved to California with her family when she was 10 years old. Janis graduated from George Washington High School in Los Angeles in 1954. In 1989, Janis and Gary moved to Henderson, where she lived until she passed away.
Janis worked in the optometry field, as an office manager and dispensing optician, for 30 years in California and Nevada.
Janis is survived by her husband, of 34 years, Gary Bishop daughters, Michele Goodwin of Henderson, Sandra Rutledge of Lake Elsinore, California, and Heidi Durbin of Las Vegas sisters, Alice Smith of Lake Tahoe, and Linda Newman of Seal Beach, California and brother, Dr. Byron Newman of San Diego.
Services will be private. Donations can be made to the City of Hope.

God has called another wonderful person home, she will surely be missed everyday by her friends and loving family.