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Janine Kay Maxwell  

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[February 24, 2018]  SPRINGFIELD - Janine Kay Maxwell, 56, of Springfield passed away on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 7:40 p.m. at The Christian Village Nursing Home in Lincoln.

Graveside Service: To be held at a later date.

Funeral home: Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln     

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Janine Kay Maxwell, 56, of Lincoln, formerly of Springfield, ended her long battle with brain cancer on February 14, 2018, and has been reunited with her parents, Wilma and Jim Maxwell in heaven.

Born in Los Angeles, Calif., on February 13, 1962, this beautiful olive-complexioned little girl would move from Riverside, Calif., to the place she will be laid to rest, her family farm just south of Manito, Ill.

Janine welcomed her only sibling, Jeff, when she was not quite 3 and they shared life on the farm will attending the Forman School System and the Forest City Community Church. Janine excelled at academics, music, and athletics, and was proud to be the first female ever on the boys' Little League baseball team in Manito. Her honors, achievements, and awards are too numerous to mention. Let's just say she was an over-achiever.

She was at peace when she was outdoors. She traveled the world. She climbed many mountains. She loved animals.

Janine graduated with Honors in 1980 from Pittsfield High School, attended one year at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, and obtained her BS with Magna Cum Laude Honors at Eureka College in 1984. She sang for President and Mrs. Ronald Regan on two occasions. She held two Masters Degrees.

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Janine is survived by her brother, Jeffrey Maxwell and his wife, Rebecca, of Lincoln, nephew Adam Jeffrey Maxwell of Lincoln, and niece Anna-Grace Maxwell of Lincoln; one aunt, Mary Silvernail of Green Valley, and many cousins.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the James B. Maxwell Memorial Educational Scholarship Fund c/o Peasley Funeral Home, 401 Delavan Street, Lincoln, IL, 62656.

Cremation Rites have been accorded with a private graveside memorial planned for a later date.

Final arrangements are entrusted with Peasley Funeral Home of Lincoln.


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