Janet Marion (Stevens) King, 76, of Tekamah NE

JANET M. KING, 76 years, of Tekamah, Nebraska, passed away, Wednesday, December 10, 2014, at Crowell Memorial Home in Blair, Nebraska, after several months of a lingering illness.

Janet King

Janet Marion (Stevens) King was born July 11, 1938, in Tekamah to Evert and Lucille (Martin) Stevens. Janet received her elementary education from a one room school house in Silver Creek Township and graduated from Tekamah High School. She also attended Bahner College of Hairstyling in Fremont, Nebraska, where she received her education in cosmetology.
On July 9, 1993, Janet was married to Leroy King at the United Methodist Church in Tekamah. They lived on a farm west of Tekamah until his passing in 1998, at which time she moved into town.
Janet was a member of the First Baptist Church, where she was a deaconess for several years. She was a member of Eastern Star as a young woman and later joined the Red Hatters Society and enjoyed all the activities she was involved in with these organizations. Janet loved gardening and cooking. She always enjoyed talking about what was growing in her garden or what new recipe she had tried. She always had a soft spot for animals, especially cats, and she loved her cat, Tucker.
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Leroy.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Noelle Stevens of Omaha; two brothers and their wives: Clark and Chae Stevens of Menifee, California, Mark and Robyn Stevens of Peoria, Arizona.

FUNERAL SERVICE: Monday, December 15, 2014, 10:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Tekamah.

VISITATION: Sunday, December 14, 2014, from 2 – 5 p.m. at Pelan Funeral Home in Tekamah. Visitation Monday will be held at the church one hour prior to the service.

BURIAL: Tekamah Cemetery

MEMORIALS: Nebraska Humane Society

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