Janet Engrid Birkestrand

Janet Engrid Birkestrand, 83, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, at Nevada Nursing and Rehab in Nevada. Janet was born Aug. 17, 1935, in Colon, Mich., to Clarence and Edith Azanka (Merica) Swanson. On Feb. 24, 1973, she married Robert Clark Birkestrand in Nevada and he preceded her in death on June 23, 1997.

Janet came to Nevada as a teenager with her family and graduated from Nevada High School. She was a homemaker and worked with her husband Bob in the Clock Shop. She also enjoyed singing in the Glory Church Choir for several years. Janet was a member of the First Baptist Church in Nevada, and Ellis Domestic Science Club.

Survivors include two nephews, Stephen Pettibon and his wife, Sandra, Nevada, and Bruce Pettibon and his wife, Beth, Moundville, Mo.; three nieces, Joy Edwards and her husband, Gary, Wamego, Kan., Loretta Doubledee, Grain Valley, Mo., and Luanne Palmer, Nixa, Mo.; and several great nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, Bob, she was preceded in death by her parents; and two sisters, Frieda Pettibon and Madelyn Reichart.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 29, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada, with Dr. Kevin Daugherty officiating. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park in Nevada. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m., prior to the service at Ferry Funeral Home.

Memorials are suggested in her memory to the Arthritis Association in care of Ferry Funeral Home.

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