Janet Lynn Lovstrom

August 26, 2020

Janet was born April 13,1962 in Pensacola, FL as the fourth of sixth daughters to Arthur and JoAnn Lovstrom. Raised in a home of faith, high morals and standards, Janet always strove to work hard and be kind to others. She was committed to her family, coworkers, and students.

Janet was creative and up to any challenge especially when it came to her careers as a daycare worker and a special education teacher. She would use her talents to improve her students educational opportunities and motivation to take those opportunities.

Janet was a loving mother, loving daughter, loving sister, and loving aunt. Just as in any family there were disagreements and fights, but she never let a fight end without letting you know she loved you. Even if you were wrong. Growing up in a house of girls, Janet was taught how to take care of herself and their family. She and her sisters had two parents that wanted them to be able to do anything they needed to, whether it be renovating a house, making a garden, changing a tire, and be able to work with anyone they needed to. Her father’s main goal was to make sure they were all prepared to take on the world with an education and a career that would let them be self-sufficient adults. And with her mother’s guidance she could tackle any challenge that came her way with the supplies she had, her own wits and common sense, and a little bit of research.

Janet had many friends, anyone she worked with or for could see how valuable she was. She inspired loyalty and left an impression on those she taught that would last for years. (People would contact her or her daughter and mention that they had worked with her or been in her care decades before hand and still had the best memories of Ms. Janet.) One of her best friends, Peggy, could always bring a smile to her face, even if it was talking about drinking wine and moving a carpet together or the wild times Peggy would ‘drag’ her out to have when the navy boys came into town.

While she never married, Janet had a daughter that she always considered to be the most precious gift she’d ever receive. As a mother she always tried to do what was best for her daughter, even ‘making a deal’ that when she started kindergarten Janet would go back to college to finish getting her degree. She made sure that every call they had ended with saying “l love you” and “l’m proud of you” and that’s how her daughter will remember her.

The last years of Janet’s life were hard. She spent them battling diabetes, kidney failure, lung disease, and struggling with not being able to help her family as much as she wanted to. The last thing she was able to do that she loved was cooking, even when it would take her hours to prepare the simplest recipes, it made her feel accomplished and like she was doing her part to help her family. She took pride in being able to provide her family with a home cooked meal for as long as she could. And when she wasn’t able to do that any longer, she could direct someone else to do so.

After her passing Janet was able to continue enriching lives through her wish to be a tissue donor, her corneas were used to give another back their sight. She will be missed, but Janet Lovstrom will never be forgotten for the kind and loving and loud person she was.

Janet is preceded in death by her father, Arthur Nils Lovstrom.

She is survived by her daughter, Kirsten Marie Lovstrom; mother, Jo Ann H. Lovstrom; sisters, Debbie Shenai, Kathy Hosack, Nancy Olivier, Joyce Hall, and Becky Jo Lovstrom; and nieces and nephews, Shalani Mikas, ViJay Shenai, Kristopher Hosack, Tonya Erickson, Paul-Emily and Luke Olivier, Brittany Mock, Kathryn Johnson, Austin Mock, E.J. Hall, and Isabel Hall.

Faith Chapel Funeral Home North is entrusted with arrangements.

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