ALTAMONT —  Janice A. Wright of Altamont, whom her family described as a loving mother and cherished grandmother, died on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, at Teresian House Nursing Home. She was 86.

“She was kind, compassionate, loving, and soft-spoken,” her family wrote in a tribute, “and enjoyed being able to stay home to raise her family.”

She was born on July 28, 1930, the daughter of Glen and Marion Brown in Hebron, New York. She was a member of the East Hebron Presbyterian Church where she sang in the choir and taught Sunday school.

She graduated from Salem Washington Academy in Salem, New York.

She worked at Inga Barth Flowers in Guilderland. She was a member of the First Congregational Church of Albany, and sang in its choir.

“She loved and enjoyed her family, and enjoyed spending time at the camp in Vermont as well as gardening, knitting, crocheting, and sewing,” her family wrote.

Janice A. Wright is survived by her children, Donna O’Clair of Rotterdam, Robert Wright and his wife, Karon, of Canton, Georgia, and Thomas Wright and his wife, Deborah, of Guilderland; her grandchildren, John O’Clair and his wife, Liz, and Chris O’Clair, Matthew Wright and Zachary Wright, and Jill Sundwall and her husband, Kris, and David Worthington and his wife, Jennifer; her great-grandchildren, Isaac, Liliana, and another soon-to-be-born Great Granddaughter O’Clair, and Madison, McKenna, and Macy Sundwall, and Kara and Rylee Sullivan.

She is also survived by her sister, Sue Evans, and her husband, Win, of St. Augustine, Florida, and her sister-in-law, Winnie Pillsbury, and her husband, Carl, of Carver, Massachusetts.

Her husband of 50 years, Sheldon, died before her, as did her grandson, Timothy O’Clair, and her sister Pauline (Renee).

Calling hours were at Teresian House Nursing Home with a funeral service following on Tuesday Dec. 27. Interment was in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Plympton, Massachusetts on Wednesday, Dec 28.