Janice E. Pushard

AUGUSTA – Janice E. Pushard, 84, of Augusta passed away at home on Jan. 17, 2022. She was born to Harold and Ada Evans, April 25, 1937, in Augusta.

She had six children and loved drawing, painting, and crafts. She was a member of Church of Christ in Augusta.

Janice is survived by three sisters, Nancy Pare and her husband Grant, Judy Labrie, and Rhona O’Mara and a brother Ronald (Buddy) Evans; five children, Rhona O’Ben, Allen O’Ben and his wife Michele, Ginny Drzewiecki and her husband Steve, Cindy LoPrete and her husband Conrad, Richard O’Ben Jr., and his wife Sheila. She is also survived by 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her parents, her brother Greg Evans and his wife Agnes, her sister Patty Tuttle and her husband Jerry, her sister Shirley Sinclair and her husband Bob, her brother Robert Evans, also her son George O’Ben, sister-in-law, Ester Evans, and her grandson Marcus Stiles.

There will be a private graveside burial at Cherry Hill Cemetery in West Gardiner in the Spring.

Arrangements are in the care of Knowlton & Hewins Funeral Home and Cremation Care, One Church St., Augusta, where memories, condolences and photos may be shared with the family on the obituary page of our website at http://www.familyfirstfh.com