Janis Louise Nurnberger (Matthews)

OBITUARY:

Janis L. Matthews (Nurnberger) of Gorham, ME (formally of Woburn, MA) passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 after a short but brave battle with cancer. Janis was born on February 4,1952 at the Choate Memorial Hospital in Woburn, Ma to Danial J Matthews and Katharine G (Pigott) Matthews. She was the beloved mother of Renee (Nurnberger) Cyr, she was seventy-two years of age.

Born and raised in Woburn, she attended schools there graduating from Woburn High School, class of 1970, she spent many years working for Electronized Chemicals, on an assembly line in Burlington, Stonemarketing in Cambridge where she worked in data entry, Rainin Instruments in Woburn, where she ran the computer room. She then became a full time care taker to her two best friends, her Mom and Dad.

She has lived in Gorham, ME for the past 5 years and loved spending time with her daughter, Renee, her grandchildren and her great grandchildren, who all meant the world to her. She enjoyed their time camping at Papoose Pond, their trip out west to the Wyoming and Montana area, always wishing to go back, and the many trips around their area spending quality family time, specifically Old Orchard Beach, where this became a yearly vacation spot with many friends and family. She sure did enjoy her Pier fries with vinegar. She was an avid Bingo player on weekends throughout most of her life with her Mom and friends. Couponing was a big hobby for Janis, nobody loved a bargain more than she did and she was great at savings and stockpiling for her family and anyone in need. Everybody shopped at Jan's house. Janis and her daughter Renee loved spending their time together scrapbooking and enjoying coffee. Her best season of the year was Christmas with her family - where a running countdown, on social media, began on December 26th for the next year. She shopped 12 months of the year for this one day and was usually more excited than her grandkids waiting for them to open their gifts.

She enjoyed watching the Boston sports teams and was a devoted fan, especially the Red Sox and the Patriots.

In addition to her daughter Renee, she is survived by her brother, Richard Matthews and his wife Diana of Dracut, Steven Matthews, and his wife Audrey, of Melrose. Her grandchildren (Kylie, Leigha, Erika, Domenic and Jayden) and great grandchildren (Mason, Juliana and her adopted love Aspen.) and was preceded in death by her brothers Danny Matthews and Terry Matthews.

Also surviving are many nieces and nephews.

There are no services per her request.