DUNWOODY--John J. Janisch, a member of All Saints Church, died April 9 at his home as a result of the tornado which struck the Atlanta metropolitan area. He was 72.

Mr. Janisch was killed in bed when a tree fell on his home in the Kingsley Estates subdivision during the early morning storm on Holy Thursday. His wife of 49 years, Ann, had just stepped away from the bedroom when the tree fell.

Mr. Janisch was retired from his work for the Societe Internationale De Telecommunications Aeronautiques (SITA), an airline telecommunications company headquartered in France. A SITA representative said he was assigned the first employee number when he began working there as a marketing representative in 1976.

His job took him all over the world, contracting computer services for over 200 airlines. He retired from SITA in the early 1990s. Prior to his work at SITA, Mr. Janisch worked for Southern Airways and Eastern Airlines.

Approximately 200 to 300 people attended the funeral Mass at All Saints Church, celebrated on Easter Monday April 13 by Msgr. R. Donald Kiernan, pastor. Father Joe Corbett concelebrated the Mass and Deacon Ray Egan assisted. Mr. Janisch was buried at Arlington Memorial Park.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his sons, James Kurt of Holmes Beach, Fla., and John Scott of Baltimore, and a grandson, Daniel Max Janisch. He is also survived by four sisters, Rose Casper, Helen Wechsler, Tess Baldasty and Mary Stelzman, and four brothers, Frank, Bob, Ed and Al Janisch, all of Northampton, Pa.

Contributions in his memory may be made to the St. Vincent de Paul Society or to All Saints Church, 2443 Mt. Vernon Road, Dunwoody.