Janice Marie Sands, age 77, passed away October 2, 2015 at her residence. She was born January 8, 1938 in Washington, DC to William Noel and Emma Elizabeth (Schofield) Bell, Sr. Janice was raised in Forestville, MD and graduated from Suitland High School.

She married Clarence M. O'Bier in Mt. Calvary Church, Forestville in 1957 and they made their home in Waldorf. That marriage ended in divorce. Janice married William LaSalle Sands in La Plata on March 27, 1981.

She was employed as an illustrator for High Gear, an automotive supply company, for over 20 years, retiring in 1990. After her retirement Janice moved to Georgia and returned to Dunkirk in 1998. She was a member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church, North Beach and its Ladies of Charity. Janice was an accomplished artist who loved to paint and draw. She also enjoyed dancing, bowling and crabbing in her younger years.

She was preceded in death by her spouses William L. Sands and Clarence M. O'Bier, father William N. Bell, Sr. and son Ronald E. O'Bier.

Surviving are her mother Emma E. Bell of Dunkirk; daughters Brenda J. Cranfill and her husband Dan of Arlington, TX and Deborah A. Macken of Chesapeake Beach, MD; grandchildren Michael Herr of Arlington, TX, Patricia Strong and her husband Thomas of Huntingtown, MD, Michelle Macken of Huntingtown, MD and Karen Macken of Frostburg, MD; great grandchildren Katelyn Hill and Kelsey, Hayleigh and Thomas Strong, Jr.; sisters Joan Koontz of Mt. Dora, FL, Barbara Pelletier of Cocoa, FL, Marguerite Tate of Dunkirk, MD and Carolyn Vardas and her husband John of Cocoa, FL and brothers William Bell, Jr. of Hanover, MD, James Bell and his wife Joy of Jacksonville, FL and John Bell of Dunkirk, MD.

Arrangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home.