Janet was born Aug. 28, 1938, in La Crosse, to Myron C. and Lucille A. (Bullinger) Purdy. A “surprise,” late in life baby, Janet remembered fondly her childhood and enjoyed telling stories of attending Holy Cross and the country school, family visits to Red Wing, and her “nanny” Mrs. Muetz.
Janet graduated from Aquinas High School in 1956. A major highlight of her teen years was seeing Elvis when he played the old Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium. She then attended briefly, Viterbo, before enrolling in the St. Francis School of Nursing, graduating in 1960.
While working at St. Francis Hospital, Janet met a former Navy corpsman, John L. Moe. They were married Nov. 4, 1961, at St. Mary’s in La Crosse. They lived in La Crosse, and raised two daughters, Sarah and Stefanie.
During Janet’s 43 year nursing career at St. Francis, she worked on the medical unit, psychiatric unit, was head nurse of the drug and alcohol rehab unit and finally, was a charge nurse at the St. Francis Home in the old St. Ann’s Hospital. It was not at all unusual over the years, when Janet was out in public, for her former psychiatric and rehab patients to approach her and ask “Do you remember taking care of me?” She would always take their hand in hers and listen to them. That was just who she was.
After her nursing career ended, Janet enjoyed her trips to the library for mystery novels, perusing her extensive cookbook collection, her big pile of Sunday newspapers, her pets, fine chocolate, good coffee at Bean Juice, soup from Pickerman’s and lunch with friends at Schmidty’s. But most of all, she enjoyed time spent with her three beloved granddaughters, of whom she was so proud.
In addition to her parents, Janet was preceded in death by a brother, Myron E. (Pat) Purdy; a sister, Jeanne Preeschl; brothers-in-law, Robert (Kootch) Carroll and Roland Preeschl; mother-in-law, Jane Justin; sister-in-law, Cynthia Justin; nephew, Shawn Carroll; and niece, Debra Preeschl.
Janet graduated from Aquinas High School in 1956. A major highlight of her teen years was seeing Elvis when he played the old Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium. She then attended briefly, Viterbo, before enrolling in the St. Francis School of Nursing, graduating in 1960.
While working at St. Francis Hospital, Janet met a former Navy corpsman, John L. Moe. They were married Nov. 4, 1961, at St. Mary’s in La Crosse. They lived in La Crosse, and raised two daughters, Sarah and Stefanie.
During Janet’s 43 year nursing career at St. Francis, she worked on the medical unit, psychiatric unit, was head nurse of the drug and alcohol rehab unit and finally, was a charge nurse at the St. Francis Home in the old St. Ann’s Hospital. It was not at all unusual over the years, when Janet was out in public, for her former psychiatric and rehab patients to approach her and ask “Do you remember taking care of me?” She would always take their hand in hers and listen to them. That was just who she was.
After her nursing career ended, Janet enjoyed her trips to the library for mystery novels, perusing her extensive cookbook collection, her big pile of Sunday newspapers, her pets, fine chocolate, good coffee at Bean Juice, soup from Pickerman’s and lunch with friends at Schmidty’s. But most of all, she enjoyed time spent with her three beloved granddaughters, of whom she was so proud.
In addition to her parents, Janet was preceded in death by a brother, Myron E. (Pat) Purdy; a sister, Jeanne Preeschl; brothers-in-law, Robert (Kootch) Carroll and Roland Preeschl; mother-in-law, Jane Justin; sister-in-law, Cynthia Justin; nephew, Shawn Carroll; and niece, Debra Preeschl.
Janet was born Aug. 28, 1938, in La Crosse, to Myron C. and Lucille A. (Bullinger) Purdy. A “surprise,” late in life baby, Janet remembered fondly her childhood and enjoyed telling stories of attending Holy Cross and the country school, family visits to Red Wing, and her “nanny” Mrs. Muetz.
Janet graduated from Aquinas High School in 1956. A major highlight of her teen years was seeing Elvis when he played the old Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium. She then attended briefly, Viterbo, before enrolling in the St. Francis School of Nursing, graduating in 1960.
While working at St. Francis Hospital, Janet met a former Navy corpsman, John L. Moe. They were married Nov. 4, 1961, at St. Mary’s in La Crosse. They lived in La Crosse, and raised two daughters, Sarah and Stefanie.
During Janet’s 43 year nursing career at St. Francis, she worked on the medical unit, psychiatric unit, was head nurse of the drug and alcohol rehab unit and finally, was a charge nurse at the St. Francis Home in the old St. Ann’s Hospital. It was not at all unusual over the years, when Janet was out in public, for her former psychiatric and rehab patients to approach her and ask “Do you remember taking care of me?” She would always take their hand in hers and listen to them. That was just who she was.
After her nursing career ended, Janet enjoyed her trips to the library for mystery novels, perusing her extensive cookbook collection, her big pile of Sunday newspapers, her pets, fine chocolate, good coffee at Bean Juice, soup from Pickerman’s and lunch with friends at Schmidty’s. But most of all, she enjoyed time spent with her three beloved granddaughters, of whom she was so proud.
In addition to her parents, Janet was preceded in death by a brother, Myron E. (Pat) Purdy; a sister, Jeanne Preeschl; brothers-in-law, Robert (Kootch) Carroll and Roland Preeschl; mother-in-law, Jane Justin; sister-in-law, Cynthia Justin; nephew, Shawn Carroll; and niece, Debra Preeschl.
Janet graduated from Aquinas High School in 1956. A major highlight of her teen years was seeing Elvis when he played the old Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium. She then attended briefly, Viterbo, before enrolling in the St. Francis School of Nursing, graduating in 1960.
While working at St. Francis Hospital, Janet met a former Navy corpsman, John L. Moe. They were married Nov. 4, 1961, at St. Mary’s in La Crosse. They lived in La Crosse, and raised two daughters, Sarah and Stefanie.
During Janet’s 43 year nursing career at St. Francis, she worked on the medical unit, psychiatric unit, was head nurse of the drug and alcohol rehab unit and finally, was a charge nurse at the St. Francis Home in the old St. Ann’s Hospital. It was not at all unusual over the years, when Janet was out in public, for her former psychiatric and rehab patients to approach her and ask “Do you remember taking care of me?” She would always take their hand in hers and listen to them. That was just who she was.
After her nursing career ended, Janet enjoyed her trips to the library for mystery novels, perusing her extensive cookbook collection, her big pile of Sunday newspapers, her pets, fine chocolate, good coffee at Bean Juice, soup from Pickerman’s and lunch with friends at Schmidty’s. But most of all, she enjoyed time spent with her three beloved granddaughters, of whom she was so proud.
In addition to her parents, Janet was preceded in death by a brother, Myron E. (Pat) Purdy; a sister, Jeanne Preeschl; brothers-in-law, Robert (Kootch) Carroll and Roland Preeschl; mother-in-law, Jane Justin; sister-in-law, Cynthia Justin; nephew, Shawn Carroll; and niece, Debra Preeschl.
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