Janice K. Huber, 74, of Estelline, passed away Friday, March 3, 2017 at the Estelline Nursing and Care Center. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 am Thursday, March 9, 2017 at The Estelline School Gymnasium. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Wednesday at Geise Funeral Chapel in Estelline.

Janice "Jan" Kay Freesemann was born on August 23, 1942 in Watertown, South Dakota to John and Ann (Tuin) Freesemann.

Jan attended Estelline High School and graduated in 1960.  In 1966, she married Terry Rodman in Watertown, South Dakota. One year later they moved to Weisbaden, Germany for Terry's service in the Air Force.  In 1970, the couple moved to Jasper, MN, where they owned a welding and machine shop. To this union, Jan and Terry welcomed three children into their lives: Shannon, Shawna, and Jason.

Jan and the kids moved to Estelline in 1984.  After a chance meeting in an aisle of Ward's Grocery Store, Jan married Herman Huber in 1987 in Watertown, South Dakota.  Together, they bought and ran the HiWay Café in Estelline for 11 years, until they sold it in 1999 due to Herm's declining health.

Jan retired from her daycare in 2005 to take care of Herm, who passed away in 2006.  She spent the last 11 years in Estelline doing the things she love – baking for friends, keeping up her flower gardens, and attending her grandchildren's events. She had a kind word and a smile for everyone she met.

Jan helped raise many of Estelline's children in her 20+ years as a daycare mom, loving her daycare children as her own.  She made friends wherever she went and loved to bake for others, many of whom raved about her chocolate cake.  She loved to flower garden and work in her yard, always making sure her mowing lines were perfectly straight. More than anything else she enjoyed being a grandma.

Jan entered eternal rest on March 3, 2017 at the Estelline Nursing and Care Center after a short bout with Leukemia.

Blessed to have shared her life are:  Tuffy (her beloved Cockapoo), her daughter, Shawna (Scott) Vomacka and their children, Alexis and Jace, of Bruce, SD; son, Shannon (Lisa) Rodman, and their children, Bailey, Brenna, Briley and Barrett, of Belgrade, MT; son, Jason (Emily) Rodman and their daughter, Nora, of Seattle, WA; two step-children, Cindy (Dale) Foster and Scott (Lori) Huber and their children; one brother, Ron (Arlene) Freesemann of Castlewood and their children; sisters-in-law Betty Freesemann and Joyce Wermers; Terry Rodman and his wife, Kris; her very special friends, Abby Licht, Ellen Hansen and Barb Mohrer; and many nieces and nephews, relatives and friends. Jan was preceded in death by her husband, Herman; parents, John and Ann; two brothers, Jerry and Jim; and an infant daughter.