MERTES - Janice R. (nee Robinson) August 20, 2017, beloved wife of the late Jerome D. Mertes; loving mother of Kathleen (Joseph Grunzweig) and Charles (Lisa) Mertes; cherished grandmother of Elizabeth Mertes; daughter of the late Earl and Nora Robinson; sister of the late Earl Robinson II, Dorothy Childers and Richard Robinson; aunt to her dear nieces and nephews. No prior visitation. Friends are invited to attend a Memorial Service Saturday morning, September 2nd at 10:30 in The Chapel at Forest Lawn Cemetery, 1411 Delaware Ave., Buffalo 14209. Flowers gratefully declined. Memorials may be made to Hospice Foundation of WNY.