Janice Audrey Osborne, 82, of Ocala, Florida, passed away on April 19, 2024, at HCA Florida Ocala Hospital.
Janice was born in Damariscotta, Maine to Clifford Merton Rollins and Shirley May Rogers
on June 18, 1941. She went to Brunswick Highschool in Maine and later received a
certificate at the Community College of Rhode Island. She worked at Brown & Sharpe as a
machinist in the late 70s to 1981, later she worked as a nurse’s aide at the Coventry Health
center until 1984, then worked at Swarovski Crystals from 1989-1999. She later moved to
New Hampshire where she worked at Keepsake Quilting. She then moved back to Maine in 2000.
She finally settled in Ocala in 2003 as a Home Health Care provider until she retired
at the age of 75. She loved to knit, crochet, and quilt. She also enjoyed bingo and loved
spending time with friends and family. She would also be there for others and help in any way
she could.
Janice is survived by her son Joseph and wife Diane Kuyoth of Coventry, Rhode Island; her
son Jason and his wife Gail of Warwick, Rhode Island; her brother William Rollins of
Brunswick, Maine, Alfred and his wife Bonnie Rollins of Lisbon Falls, Maine; her sisters
Nina Hodgkins of Lisbon, Maine and Geraldine and her husband Ronald Stillman of Virginia
Beach, Virginia. Janice also loved her grandchildren dearly; Michael Kuyoth of Warwick,
Rhode Island, Patricia and her husband Kyle Graeme of Spring Hill, Florida, Nathan Kuyoth
of Buffalo Lake, Minnesota, Katelin and her husband James Roy of Coventry, Rhode Island
and Daniel Kuyoth of Coventry, Rhode Island and her many nieces and nephews. She also
cared for her great grandchildren Michael Kuyoth Jr., Ashley and Lilly Graeme and her
beloved dog Turbo. She is preceded in death by her husband Timothy Osborne, her sons
James Kuyoth and his wife Priscilla, and Jeffery Kuyoth.
Visitation will be held at Roberts of Ocala Funerals and Cremations at 6241 SW State Rd
200, Ocala, Florida 34476 on April 27, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Service at 6 p.m. with Father Shenoy Thomas from Queen of Piece Church.