Janis Clarine Kuehl Minchew was born on July 24, 1952, to Walter Henry and Bernice Clarine Kuehl in the home where she was raised between Riesel and Mart TX. She graduated from Riesel High School and attended McLennan Community College. She married John Minchew on November 27th, 1975, at First Baptist Church in Mart, TX and two sons were born to this union. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Walter Glenn Kuehl and many other relatives and friends. She is survived by: her sons Joshua Kyle Minchew and Jared Keith Minchew, her grandchildren Gabriel Isaiah, Elijah David, Noah Kyle, and Autumn Rey Minchew, her sister-in-law Gail Kuehl, her niece Kristin Cabiness and husband Jason, her nephew Kris Kuehl and wife Sarah, her great nieces Kinsley Cabiness and Kyndall Kuehl, her great nephews Mason Cabiness and Kyle Kuehl, her special cousins Ronnie Pender (third son), Dalores and Clarissa Parr, Stephane Gledhill, and many other cousins and friends.

Memorial services will be June 15th at 10:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Mart, TX. Janis will be buried at Riesel Cemetery.