Janice Lecates

Janice Lecates, 70, of Greensboro, MD, died on Sunday, May 9, 2010 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford, DE. Mrs. Lecates was born on November 1, 1939 in Gatewood, WV to Zella Epperly and the late Hollis Epperly. She was a 1957 graduate of Fayetteville High School in Fayetteville, WV. She later earned her Associates Degree in Secretarial Sciences from Eastern Pilgrim Holiness College in Allentown, PA. Mrs. Lecates served alongside her husband, Rev. Bruce O. Lecates, in pastoral ministries for 49 years. Together they pastored in The Wesleyan Church in the states of Maryland, Texas, and Delaware. She worked as a legal secretary for several law firms and then worked in the Wicomico County School system at Delmar Elementary and North Salisbury Elementary as a school secretary until she retired in 1994. Mrs. Lecates has served in various leadership positions at the local, district, and denominational levels for Wesleyan Women International. She served on the executive team for the Chesapeake District Ladies Spectacular for many years. She also served as the registrar for Denton Wesleyan Camp. Her most recent hobbies included playing dominoes, Sudoku, and connecting with family and friends on Facebook. In addition to her father, Mrs. Lecates is preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Bruce Lecates. She is survived by her mother Zella Epperly of Fayetteville, WV; her three daughters and their husbands ??“ Dawn and George Owens of Sharptown, MD, Rebecca & John Wood of Hamburg, NY, and Marilyn & Robert Searcey of Delmar, DE; her ten grandchildren, Ryan, Kevin, E.J. Ariel, Kelsi, Luke, Staci, Hannah, Caleb, and Micah; her siblings ??“ Cheryl Jacobs of Zanesville, OH, Bill Epperly of Jackson, MI, Marcia Neil of Fayetteville, WV, Sonny Epperly of Fayetteville, WV, and Jack Epperly of South Charleston, WV. Visitation will be held at New Life Wesleyan Church on Friday from 2 to 4 P.M. Services will be held Friday, May 14, 2010, at 4:00 P.M., at the Greensboro New Life Wesleyan Church, 13699 Greensboro Road, Greensboro, MD 21639. Interment will be held Saturday, May 15, 2009, at 10:00 A.M. at Spring Hill Memory Garden, 27260 Ocean Gateway, Hebron, MD 21830 In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to World Hope International, PO Box 96338, Washington, DC 20090.

Janice Lecates

November 1, 1939 - May 9, 2010