In one of the Stars, I shall be living In one of them, I shall be laughing And so it will be as if all the stars were Laughing when you look at the sky at night

The Little Prince

Antoine de Sasint-Exupery

June 26, 1949-August 6, 2025

Janice Louise Thomson, also known as Janilou and the Queen Bee, passed away at the age of 76 on August 6, 2025, in Reno Nevada. She was born in Los Angeles County, Ca on June 26, 1949, to Robert Thomson and Kathryn Amador Thomson. The eldest of three children, Janice grew up at the family home, Thomson Stables, in South Pasadena, CA. Her love of her horses (Red) dogs (Mugs), cats (Miss Kitty) and assorted other animals were a lifelong passion. Janice was joined by sister Linda and brother Allen which completed their family. The Thomson horse boarding stable was originally Thomson Swiss dairy, begun by their Grandfather Peter McKenna Thomson at the turn of the century. The stable was a busy place where Janice grew up with Hotrods, motorcycles and racing, also horses and dogs, customers and friends, and many family celebrations under huge trees and expansive lawns.

Janice began school at Lincoln Elementary in South Pasadena. She continued her education at junior high school and graduated from South Pasadena High in 1967. Janice was outgoing, adventurous and independent, making lifelong friends through the years. She was also a devoted big sister and cousin to her large family. A part of her Harley Davidson motorcycle group, she earned the moniker

"Queen Bee". She was a serious Harley Davidson fan; riding, joining a club and collecting all things, Harley. She loved her family, friends, pets, and those she met from early life in South Pasadena, who worked in San Diego and Santee, through her last years in Janesville and Susanville. She kept the Thomson tradition of joke gifts, wind up toys, talking skeletons, and the love of pigs and wind chimes. Janice will be remembered by her extended family and lifelong friends by her humor, loud and outgoing nature, love of all things Harley Davidson. She was a devoted member of the Thomson and Amador families, and her lifelong friends. Janice is survived by her daughter Lucy, brother Allen, sister Linda, niece Melissa, nephews Emerson, Patrick, and Timothy, also grandnephews and grandnieces. Surviving Janice are uncles, aunts, cousins, and friends. She was proceeded in death by her parents Bob and Kathryn Thomson, various cousins and relatives, and longtime friends.

A celebration of Janice's life will be at a later date through online media.

Death does bring changes and adjustments for those who are left behind. The warmth and associations of former days are gone. The silence, the finality, the incommunicability disturbs, but for the one who has triumphed, there is rejoicing. One grieves, yet we would not want our grief taken from us, even if it could be, for our love is wrapped up in our grief. Grief is the price and gift of our love. Love is eternal; death is a horizon, and the horizon is only the limit of our sight. Death is not extinguishing the light but putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. She has taken her bright candle and is gone into another room I cannot find. But anyone can tell where she has been, by all the little lights she leaves behind. Sr. Laura Moellman, O.F.M.