Janice Laraine Ryan

Wellington, New Zealand to her English father Bernard Hugh Davidson of

Wellington, New Zealand, and her American mother Phyllis Lorraine

Davidson of Spokane, Washington. In 1953, Jan’s parents moved the

family to Spokane where Jan lived the rest of her life.

Jan and her three sisters all attended Lewis & Clark High School in

Spokane. Jan graduated in 1965.

Jan went on to have two children whom she raised as a single working

mother. While raising her children, Jan studied at Spokane Community

College. In 1976 Jan earned an AA degree in Architectural Drafting, and in

1978 she earned a diploma in the college’s Horticulture program. In 2006

Jan earned a Certificate of Achievement at the Floral Design Institute of

Seattle.

Jan officially retired from the workforce in 2018 after lifelong service in the

food and beverage industry and in the hospitality industry. Her last place of

employment was at Northern Quest Casino in Airway Heights, Washington.

Only two weeks after the discovery of a sudden onset of an aggressive

form of cancer on the peritoneum, and only four days after celebrating her

76th birthday, Jan passed away at Holy Family Hospital in Spokane on

Saturday, September 9, 2023.

Jan is survived by her two children: Shanni Steik and David Harker; her

three sisters: Dawn Hall, Alison Davidson, and Lori Davidson; six

grandchildren, and one great grandchild.

Jan was a lover of books and plants. All her life, Jan cultivated a home

library comprised of rows and rows of books on numerous bookshelves

throughout the house. Jan also surrounded herself with a plethora of

houseplants and garnered the unmatched reputation for growing all forms

of plants successfully (when no one else could) in and around her home.

Jan’s family is convinced that God has given her a sunny greenhouse to

tend to where she can bask in the love and glory of our Great Father in

Heaven for as long as she wishes from this point forward.