Janice Jean Alden, 80, Hamilton, Mo., passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2018, at the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home, Hamilton, Mo.  She had lived in the Hamilton and Kidder areas most of her life.

Janice was born on August 13, 1937, at home in Kidder, to Floyd Harrison and Elizabeth Gail (Cox) Cornelius.  She graduated from the Kidder High School in 1955.  She was a homemaker.

She was a member of the Hamilton United Methodist Church, the state and national Shorthorn Association, a past 4-H leader, and a board member of the National Shorthorn Lassies.  In 1977 she was voted the national Shorthorn Lassie of the year.  Janice was also a founder and member of the Missouri Llama Association.

Janice was preceded in death by her parents and her daughter, Ramona.

Janice married George Alden on October 9, 1955 in Kidder.  He survives of the home.

Additional survivors:  Sons-Robert (Beverly) Alden, Hamilton, and Ron (Judy) Alden, Hamilton; 7 grandchildren-Jake (Annette) Alden, Jalane (Mat) Vaughn, Haley Alden, Maggie (Eric) Scott, Tyler Alden, Whitney (Sam) Stephenson, and Dallas Davidson; 6 great-grandchildren; and sister-Kay (Bill) Sharp, Chillicothe, Mo.

Funeral Service:  11 a.m., Thursday, May 3, 2018, at Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton, Mo.

Visitation:  6 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 2, at the funeral home.

Interment:  Highland Cemetery, Hamilton.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Shorthorn Foundation.

Friends may call at Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton, after 9 am on Wednesday.

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