Janet Robertson Berry of Cape Girardeau, Missouri passed away April 7, 2017 at Southeast Hospital after a valiant battle with cancer for several years. Janet is the third of three daughters born to James Henry and Helen Robertson of Warren (Bradley County) Arkansas.
The Robertsons were fifth generation dairy farmers.
Janet graduated from Warren High School in 1977, where she was widely known for her love of music. She loved to play piano and sing in several choirs, madrigals, and ensembles. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Warren until she left to attend college at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. She and Daniel (Dan) Berry also of Warren began their courtship at OBU and married in 1980 at First Baptist, Warren. During the summers both worked at the local tomato chain, where Southeast Arkansas is famously known as "The Pink Tomato Capital of the World." Janet received a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas with a major in special education and speech therapy. Her first teaching job was at Walnut Valley Christian Academy in Little Rock where she established the first resource room dedicated to children with special needs. She also held teaching positions at Longpoint Baptist School in Houston, Texas; Van Elementary in Van, Texas; Lake Hamilton Elementary in Hot Springs, Arkansas; and Scott City Elementary in Scott City, Missouri where she completed her last teaching appointment before embarking on her ultimate life calling as one of the first Journey Guides at the SoutheastHEALTH Cancer Center in Cape Girardeau. As a journey guide Janet assisted many patients through their cancer treatment experience, providing encouragement and helping ensure that patients and their families continued to live life to their fullest potential while undergoing treatment.
She retired in 2016 to pursue her greatest joy as "Nana" to her granddaughter Emily Grace Berry who had just arrived.
Janet is survived by her husband of 36 years, Dan Berry, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; son Daniel Berry, Krista Berry, and grandaughter Emily Grace Berry of Jackson, Missouri; son David Berry and Alexa Peetz of St. Louis; daughter Rachel Berry and Scott Miller of Columbia, South Carolina; sister Rebecca and Mac Rochelle of Little Rock, Arkansas; Nephew Jeff and Cindy Rochelle of Maumelle, Arkansas; her lifelong close and special friend and college roommate Terri Holman of Little Rock, Arkansas; and three elderly rescue dogs Daisy, Duke, and Stubby her loyal canine companions who watched over her during televised Cardinal games.
Janet is predeceased by her parents, an infant brother, sister Nancy Robertson Sparks, and niece Amanda Rochelle.
Graveside service and burial to be held 2:00 PM Wednesday, April 12th at the Robertson Family Plot at Oakland Cemetery in Warren, Arkansas officiated by Rev. Ruffin Snow, Janet's cousin, for whom Janet served as flower girl in his marriage to Melissa Carter. Visitation at the cemetery preceding the service 1:30 PM till service time Wednesday By Frazer's Funeral Home.
A public memorial service will be held Saturday, April 15 at 3:00 PM at the SoutheastHEALTH Cancer Center, 789 South Mount Auburn Road in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
The Robertsons were fifth generation dairy farmers.
Janet graduated from Warren High School in 1977, where she was widely known for her love of music. She loved to play piano and sing in several choirs, madrigals, and ensembles. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Warren until she left to attend college at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. She and Daniel (Dan) Berry also of Warren began their courtship at OBU and married in 1980 at First Baptist, Warren. During the summers both worked at the local tomato chain, where Southeast Arkansas is famously known as "The Pink Tomato Capital of the World." Janet received a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas with a major in special education and speech therapy. Her first teaching job was at Walnut Valley Christian Academy in Little Rock where she established the first resource room dedicated to children with special needs. She also held teaching positions at Longpoint Baptist School in Houston, Texas; Van Elementary in Van, Texas; Lake Hamilton Elementary in Hot Springs, Arkansas; and Scott City Elementary in Scott City, Missouri where she completed her last teaching appointment before embarking on her ultimate life calling as one of the first Journey Guides at the SoutheastHEALTH Cancer Center in Cape Girardeau. As a journey guide Janet assisted many patients through their cancer treatment experience, providing encouragement and helping ensure that patients and their families continued to live life to their fullest potential while undergoing treatment.
She retired in 2016 to pursue her greatest joy as "Nana" to her granddaughter Emily Grace Berry who had just arrived.
Janet is survived by her husband of 36 years, Dan Berry, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; son Daniel Berry, Krista Berry, and grandaughter Emily Grace Berry of Jackson, Missouri; son David Berry and Alexa Peetz of St. Louis; daughter Rachel Berry and Scott Miller of Columbia, South Carolina; sister Rebecca and Mac Rochelle of Little Rock, Arkansas; Nephew Jeff and Cindy Rochelle of Maumelle, Arkansas; her lifelong close and special friend and college roommate Terri Holman of Little Rock, Arkansas; and three elderly rescue dogs Daisy, Duke, and Stubby her loyal canine companions who watched over her during televised Cardinal games.
Janet is predeceased by her parents, an infant brother, sister Nancy Robertson Sparks, and niece Amanda Rochelle.
Graveside service and burial to be held 2:00 PM Wednesday, April 12th at the Robertson Family Plot at Oakland Cemetery in Warren, Arkansas officiated by Rev. Ruffin Snow, Janet's cousin, for whom Janet served as flower girl in his marriage to Melissa Carter. Visitation at the cemetery preceding the service 1:30 PM till service time Wednesday By Frazer's Funeral Home.
A public memorial service will be held Saturday, April 15 at 3:00 PM at the SoutheastHEALTH Cancer Center, 789 South Mount Auburn Road in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Janet Robertson Berry of Cape Girardeau, Missouri passed away April 7, 2017 at Southeast Hospital after a valiant battle with cancer for several years. Janet is the third of three daughters born to James Henry and Helen Robertson of Warren (Bradley County) Arkansas.
The Robertsons were fifth generation dairy farmers.
Janet graduated from Warren High School in 1977, where she was widely known for her love of music. She loved to play piano and sing in several choirs, madrigals, and ensembles. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Warren until she left to attend college at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. She and Daniel (Dan) Berry also of Warren began their courtship at OBU and married in 1980 at First Baptist, Warren. During the summers both worked at the local tomato chain, where Southeast Arkansas is famously known as "The Pink Tomato Capital of the World." Janet received a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas with a major in special education and speech therapy. Her first teaching job was at Walnut Valley Christian Academy in Little Rock where she established the first resource room dedicated to children with special needs. She also held teaching positions at Longpoint Baptist School in Houston, Texas; Van Elementary in Van, Texas; Lake Hamilton Elementary in Hot Springs, Arkansas; and Scott City Elementary in Scott City, Missouri where she completed her last teaching appointment before embarking on her ultimate life calling as one of the first Journey Guides at the SoutheastHEALTH Cancer Center in Cape Girardeau. As a journey guide Janet assisted many patients through their cancer treatment experience, providing encouragement and helping ensure that patients and their families continued to live life to their fullest potential while undergoing treatment.
She retired in 2016 to pursue her greatest joy as "Nana" to her granddaughter Emily Grace Berry who had just arrived.
Janet is survived by her husband of 36 years, Dan Berry, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; son Daniel Berry, Krista Berry, and grandaughter Emily Grace Berry of Jackson, Missouri; son David Berry and Alexa Peetz of St. Louis; daughter Rachel Berry and Scott Miller of Columbia, South Carolina; sister Rebecca and Mac Rochelle of Little Rock, Arkansas; Nephew Jeff and Cindy Rochelle of Maumelle, Arkansas; her lifelong close and special friend and college roommate Terri Holman of Little Rock, Arkansas; and three elderly rescue dogs Daisy, Duke, and Stubby her loyal canine companions who watched over her during televised Cardinal games.
Janet is predeceased by her parents, an infant brother, sister Nancy Robertson Sparks, and niece Amanda Rochelle.
Graveside service and burial to be held 2:00 PM Wednesday, April 12th at the Robertson Family Plot at Oakland Cemetery in Warren, Arkansas officiated by Rev. Ruffin Snow, Janet's cousin, for whom Janet served as flower girl in his marriage to Melissa Carter. Visitation at the cemetery preceding the service 1:30 PM till service time Wednesday By Frazer's Funeral Home.
A public memorial service will be held Saturday, April 15 at 3:00 PM at the SoutheastHEALTH Cancer Center, 789 South Mount Auburn Road in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
The Robertsons were fifth generation dairy farmers.
Janet graduated from Warren High School in 1977, where she was widely known for her love of music. She loved to play piano and sing in several choirs, madrigals, and ensembles. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Warren until she left to attend college at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. She and Daniel (Dan) Berry also of Warren began their courtship at OBU and married in 1980 at First Baptist, Warren. During the summers both worked at the local tomato chain, where Southeast Arkansas is famously known as "The Pink Tomato Capital of the World." Janet received a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas with a major in special education and speech therapy. Her first teaching job was at Walnut Valley Christian Academy in Little Rock where she established the first resource room dedicated to children with special needs. She also held teaching positions at Longpoint Baptist School in Houston, Texas; Van Elementary in Van, Texas; Lake Hamilton Elementary in Hot Springs, Arkansas; and Scott City Elementary in Scott City, Missouri where she completed her last teaching appointment before embarking on her ultimate life calling as one of the first Journey Guides at the SoutheastHEALTH Cancer Center in Cape Girardeau. As a journey guide Janet assisted many patients through their cancer treatment experience, providing encouragement and helping ensure that patients and their families continued to live life to their fullest potential while undergoing treatment.
She retired in 2016 to pursue her greatest joy as "Nana" to her granddaughter Emily Grace Berry who had just arrived.
Janet is survived by her husband of 36 years, Dan Berry, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; son Daniel Berry, Krista Berry, and grandaughter Emily Grace Berry of Jackson, Missouri; son David Berry and Alexa Peetz of St. Louis; daughter Rachel Berry and Scott Miller of Columbia, South Carolina; sister Rebecca and Mac Rochelle of Little Rock, Arkansas; Nephew Jeff and Cindy Rochelle of Maumelle, Arkansas; her lifelong close and special friend and college roommate Terri Holman of Little Rock, Arkansas; and three elderly rescue dogs Daisy, Duke, and Stubby her loyal canine companions who watched over her during televised Cardinal games.
Janet is predeceased by her parents, an infant brother, sister Nancy Robertson Sparks, and niece Amanda Rochelle.
Graveside service and burial to be held 2:00 PM Wednesday, April 12th at the Robertson Family Plot at Oakland Cemetery in Warren, Arkansas officiated by Rev. Ruffin Snow, Janet's cousin, for whom Janet served as flower girl in his marriage to Melissa Carter. Visitation at the cemetery preceding the service 1:30 PM till service time Wednesday By Frazer's Funeral Home.
A public memorial service will be held Saturday, April 15 at 3:00 PM at the SoutheastHEALTH Cancer Center, 789 South Mount Auburn Road in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
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