Janice A. Yager

It's hard to believe that it's been more than a year since Jan's passing. I used to have dinner with Jan and sometimes another friend would join us every Friday evening. We did this for quite a few years. One of the things we both loved to do was check out the new housing developments in town prior to going to dinner. I truly miss her.

Jan and I were in school together in Kalamazoo. We lived in the same brownstone but she had a fabulous roommate Gail Parker. Those women knew how to party and work, they both were an inspiration to how hard a woman can work to gain her goals, and then throw the best party you ever went to.

I was very privileged over the years to watch Jan as we traveled from one Art exhibit to the other around Michigan. Jan had an innate ability to see the Finesse in other peoples metal work. She knew what made some thing a great piece of art.

That´s what I miss the most, watching Jan look at other peoples art, and she expressed what it meant to her. I was also privileged to visit Jan in Philadelphia and spend time in her studio and at her apartment and to meet her friends at one of her Friday night dinners. What a gal.
Mary Powers

We met at our studio building, 915. I moved into the studio across the hall from her on the second floor. Jan and I had many great conversations about art, and life in general. Some of our greatest memories were our many Friday night dinners we shared, which we did weekly prior to her becoming too sick. Our favorite restaurant was a chinese restaurant down the street from Jan's house. Jan also got me involved in applying for several grants, and told me about the lecture Tony Auth (Pulitzer Prize Editorial Cartoonist for the Philadelphia Inquirer) was giving at the Philadelphia Library. We both went to his lecture, which gave me a chance to reconnect with Tony Auth. He encouraged my cartooning, and the rebirth of "Alice", from the 1980's to 2014. Unfortunately he passed away in 2014. Jan was always full of ideas and how to make things better, she always had great suggestions for me in regards to "Alice". It was great to know a person who was a very successful artist and who gave great advise and encouragement in my development as an artist and a cartoonist. Over these last 20 years, I have considered her to be one of my very best friends and truly miss her kind, thoughtful and very wise demeaner. With lots of love towards Julia, Michael and the rest of her family. Andrea Beizer

There were so many special moments. We used to get together every Friday night for dinner. Sometimes Jan's friend Sue would join us. Our favorite place was a chinese restaurant down the street.

Jan's studio was across from mine in 915 Spring Garden.