Mary (Tricka) Janota, 89, of Kensington, widow of Joseph Janota Sr., left this earth to be with the lord unexpectedly at home on Monday surrounded by her loving family. The daughter of the late Joseph and the late Rozalia (Sohorova) Tricka, she was born in Czechoslovakia, immigrated to the United States in 1928 with her family to Ansonia, and they later relocated to Kensington where she lived the rest of her days on the family farm on the Chamberlain Highway. She was a member of St. Paul’s Church in Kensington. She is survived by a loving daughter with whom she made her home, Maryann Janota-Shepard and her husband Mark, a son, Joseph Janota Jr., a son and daughter-in-law, Robert Janota who visited her every morning before going to work, and his wife Michelle, all of Kensington, a son-in-law, Jim Yezierski, nine grandchildren, Chris, Tracy, Melody, Kate, Aaron, Melissa, Joshua, Bobbie Sue, and Justin, five great-grandchildren, Cedra, Dade, Jillian, Angelina, and Xavier, and one on the way, her godson, Peter Hudak, and a niece, Francie Zacek in Colorado. In addition to her husband and parents, she was predeceased by two brothers, Joseph and Carl, and two sisters, Lilly and Francie, and she is now walking down the heavenly cow-path to go dancing with her best friend since childhood, Adeline Fallis. She will be missed by all who knew her. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11am at Porter‘s Funeral Home, 111 Chamberlain Highway, Kensington. Burial in St. Mary Cemetery, New Britain, will be at the convenience of the family. Friends and relatives may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 10am until the time of the service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 1 Union Street, Suite 301, Robbinsville, NJ 08691-4183. Directions to the funeral home can be found at www.portersfuneral.com