Macy (nee Putnam) Janney, 85, peacefully crossed the bridge to new horizons on Sunday, October 18, 2020 leaving behind the beloved family she built and a community forever enriched by the lifetime she spent in its service. Macy was born in Bronxville, New York on Saturday, December 15, 1934 to Henry Wilson Putnam and Elizabeth (nee Ackermann) Putnam of Hewlett, Long Island. During her time in New York City attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she met Jervis Spencer Janney Jr., whom she married on Thursday, May 2, 1957. Inspired through her work in summer stock theater with the likes of Rue McClanahan and Eileen Brennan, Macy set her destiny. She would spend her life as a champion of the arts. After settling with her husband and three small children in Dayton, Ohio in 1964, Macy devoted herself to filling the void she saw in arts education for young people. Her work at the Junior League in her newly adopted hometown quickly became the launch pad for decades of dedicated activism alongside the accomplished friends she met there. A testament to her tireless spirit, Macy was a board member of the Victory Theatre Association, Arts Dayton, The Bach Society, the Human Race Theatre Company, and the Miami Valley Hospital Health Foundation. She was President of the Board of the Dayton Ballet Company as well as its General Manager for several years. Macy also spent decades advocating for family planning education as a board member of Planned Parenthood of Miami Valley and eventually as its President. A professional volunteer, Macy helped build the Muse Machine from a dream in the basement of friend and founder Suzy Bassani into a powerhouse of arts education, which now teaches 75,000 children annually. After serving as the Muse Machine's third Board President, Macy remained highly active in the organization while she sought to elevate the arts as essential learning for all humankind. Always eager to learn, she opened her home to visiting artists, musicians and choreographers, applying the same practiced dedication to those lucky enough to know her personally. Even in the midst of a pandemic and a battle with cancer, Macy's memory for the most intricate personal details could make the newest acquaintance feel at home with an old friend. Macy is preceded by her son, Hal, and survived by her husband, Jervis Jr.; her son, Jervis of Illinois; her daughter, Allison of Los Angeles; her brother, Michael and his wife, Melody Lawrence, of New York City; her grandchildren, Niall and Petra, of Los Angeles; and the thousands more whose lives she uplifted with her mission to amplify arts experience and education. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations may be made to the Miami Valley School, The Muse Machine or the Arts Alliance, all of Dayton.