{"id":19505,"date":"2020-11-24T13:13:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T19:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=19505"},"modified":"2024-12-08T11:54:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T17:54:15","slug":"obituary-dunlay-janice-marie-blecha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=19505","title":{"rendered":"Obituary – Dunlay, Janice Marie (Blecha)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Janice<\/p>\n

Class of 1954<\/h2>\n

1954 Maroon Spotlight\"Janice
Janice Blecha<\/h2>\n

\ufeffGlee Club 50-54, Girl’s Quartet 50-54, Girl’s Trio 50-52, Girl’s Sextet 50-52, Mixed Chorus 50-52, Class Assemblies 50-54, Student Council 50-52, Junior Play 52-53, Annual Staff 53-54, Annual Play 53-54, All School Revue 52-53, Red Hot Drill Leader 53-54, F.T.A. 52-53, F.T.A. President 51-54.<\/p>\n

1954 Graduation Edition<\/br>Perry Daily Journal<\/h2>\n

Janice Blecha plans to enter Oklahoma A. & M. college, Stillwater, after graduation from high school. She is the 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Blecha, 915 Grove street, and was born Aug. 16, 1936, in Perry. She attended 4-D grade school before entering high school. Janice was a member of the student council, 1950-52; Red Hots, 1952-54; drill captain of Red Hots, 1953-54; Future Teachers of America, 1952-54; FTA president, 1953-54; glee club, 1950-54; annual staff, 1953-54; and girls quartet, 1952-54.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Janice Marie (Blecha) Dunlay<\/h1>\n

August 16, 1936 – November 19, 2020 <\/h3>\n

\"\"Janice M. Dunlay, 84, Perkins, passed away on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Linwood Village in Cushing, OK. <\/p>\n

Born August 16, 1936, in Perry, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Alfred and Gladys (Dudley) Blecha. Janice grew up in Perry, Oklahoma, and was a 1954 graduate of Perry High School. She had some college. She worked as a secretary and personnel manager for Oklahoma State University, Huron College, South Plains college, and personnel manager at an electronics firm and knitting mill.<\/p>\n

She married Dennis Dunlay May 25, 1968, at St. John\u2019s Church on the OSU campus. She was the mother of three sons: Jonathan Dennis, Michael Dunlay and Derin Dunlay. <\/p>\n

She was a dedicated volunteer for Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts for 40 years. She liked doing crafts. She lived in a total of seven states.<\/p>\n

Janice is survived by her husband of the home; two sons: Jonathan Dennis and wife Sonny and Derin Dunlay and wife Kandi; two sisters: Patti Wiley and Gayle Austin; four grandchildren: Chelsea Dunlay, Travis Dunlay, Tiffany Dunlay and Joshua Dennis; and one great-grandchild; several nephews and one niece; and other extended family and friends.<\/p>\n

She was preceded in death by her parents and one son, Michael Dunlay.<\/p>\n

Memorial contributions may be made in her name to Traditions Hospice. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19505"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26619,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19505\/revisions\/26619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}