Janelle Norma Quashnick
January 31, 1956 - July 2, 2026
On July 2, 2026, Janelle Quaschnick was taken to heaven into the loving arms of Jesus Christ. Janelle was surrounded by her loving family at bedside, as she courageously battled metastatic cancer since 2022. As a Wife, Mother, and Grandmother, Janelle was known for her strong Christian faith, and her love of all people and animals.
She was born Janelle Norma Gribaudo to Joseph and Jeannette Gribaudo on January 31, 1956, at Lodi Memorial Hospital. With her loving Father Joseph Gribaudo being born in Northern Italy, she was proud of her Italian heritage. With her loving Mother Jeannette Oliveira being born in the Azores, she was also especially proud of her Portuguese heritage. But she loved all people, regardless of their background or choice of faith, and she prayed for all as a true Christian Wife, Mother, Grandmother, and friend to all that met her.
Janelle grew up in local schools, where she especially loved Future Farmers of America, including having a Grand Champion Suffolk Sheep back in 1972. She was married to Gary Wisner in 1975, and in 1980 was blessed with a loving son, Joseph Wisner. She was then blessed with a loving daughter, Jaimi Wisner in 1984, and later Janelle was so proud that Jaimi Silva, R.N. became her Registered Nurse throughout her long journey with cancer.
Before she became quite ill these last 4 years, Janelle especially loved to workout with a passion, which she did regularly while making so many lifelong friends along the way. She had a very successful career with Ricoh USA and Ikon Business Systems in Stockton. She later married Jim Quaschnick in 2008. She is survived by her brother Jim Gribaudo of Lodi, and her sister Judy Sterling of Idaho. Janelle was blessed with many nieces and nephews, her special grandson Jakob Hixson, and her new loving grandson Wyatt Silva. Janelle was also blessed with dedicated prayers and loving care of her prayer group and Christian congregation at the Berea Baptist Church of Morada.
During her last months, Janelle prayed to be there for the wedding and gathering of all family and friends for the special marriage of her daughter Jaimi (Wisner) Silva, to her very special son-in-law, Chris Silva of Modesto and from the Azores as well. Janelle’s prayers were answered as she walked Jaimi down the aisle at her wedding, gave her away at the altar, and had the first dance with her under the smiles and prayers of us all, in September 2025, just 9 months ago.
Our family would especially like to thank Janelle’s very special friends Audrey & Shanese Simoni, Luz Gomez, and Danielle Escalante for their tremendous love and personal care to the end. Stanford University and the special skills of Dr. Amer Karam, along with the love of Jesus Christ, gave us all the gift of even more years of life these last several years. Our family is so thankful to everybody for their love and prayers for Janelle, so thank you all.
VISITATION
A visitation will be held from 4:00pm - 8:00pm on Thursday, July 16th, 2026 in the Merlot Room of Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home, located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd, Lodi, CA 95240.
SERVICE
A service will be held at 10:00am on Friday, July 17th, 2026 at the Vineyard Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd, Lodi, CA 95240.
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