1936
Janet
2013
Janet Conrady
March 28, 1936 — April 23, 2013
Wakita - Funeral mass for Janet Marie Conrady, 77, of Wakita will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 27, 2013 at St Mary Assumption Catholic Church in Wakita with Rev. James A. Greiner officiating. Rosary will be 7:00 p.m., Friday, April 26, 2013 at the church in Wakita led by Father Carl William Janocha. Burial will follow at Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery near Manchester.
Janet was born on March 28, 1936 in Long Beach, California, the daughter of John J. Alden and Nathell Larson Alden and passed from this life on April 23, 2013 in Oklahoma City. Janet was twelve years old when her family moved from California to Wakita, where Janet has continued to live for sixty-five years. She graduated from Wakita High School in 1954 and attended two years of college at Sacred Heart in Wichita, Kansas. She married Bill Conrady on January 17, 1957 in Wakita. Janet served as the U. S. Postmaster in Wakita. She loved big family gatherings, doing most of the cooking. Janet was an excellent cook, she loved gardening flowers and vegetables, loved expressing her creativity in arts and crafts and she was a huge fan of the Oklahoma City Thunder. As an adult she continued to be actively involved in playing basketball. Janet served many years as a Girl Scout leader and participated in other community organizations. Janet adored her grandchildren and loved attending their special events. She was the music director, religion teacher, youth leader and a member of the Altar Society at St. Mary Assumption Catholic Church.
Surviving Janet are her children Kevin Conrady and wife, Glenda, Jennie Takyi-Micah and husband, Tom, Steven Conrady and wife, Melissa, Karen Blubaugh and husband, Jay and Tony Conrady; and eleven grandchildren; three brothers, Don Alden and wife, Sandy, Richard Alden and wife, Nancy, Mike Alden and wife, Laura; three sisters, Shirley Lawrence and husband, Bill, Sharon Lawrence and husband, Ray, Marilyn Currier and husband, Larry and multiple nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her son, Gerard, husband Bill, parents John and Nathell Alden, and brother, Kenneth Alden.
Memorials may be given to the Wakita Educational Foundation through the funeral home.
Janet was born on March 28, 1936 in Long Beach, California, the daughter of John J. Alden and Nathell Larson Alden and passed from this life on April 23, 2013 in Oklahoma City. Janet was twelve years old when her family moved from California to Wakita, where Janet has continued to live for sixty-five years. She graduated from Wakita High School in 1954 and attended two years of college at Sacred Heart in Wichita, Kansas. She married Bill Conrady on January 17, 1957 in Wakita. Janet served as the U. S. Postmaster in Wakita. She loved big family gatherings, doing most of the cooking. Janet was an excellent cook, she loved gardening flowers and vegetables, loved expressing her creativity in arts and crafts and she was a huge fan of the Oklahoma City Thunder. As an adult she continued to be actively involved in playing basketball. Janet served many years as a Girl Scout leader and participated in other community organizations. Janet adored her grandchildren and loved attending their special events. She was the music director, religion teacher, youth leader and a member of the Altar Society at St. Mary Assumption Catholic Church.
Surviving Janet are her children Kevin Conrady and wife, Glenda, Jennie Takyi-Micah and husband, Tom, Steven Conrady and wife, Melissa, Karen Blubaugh and husband, Jay and Tony Conrady; and eleven grandchildren; three brothers, Don Alden and wife, Sandy, Richard Alden and wife, Nancy, Mike Alden and wife, Laura; three sisters, Shirley Lawrence and husband, Bill, Sharon Lawrence and husband, Ray, Marilyn Currier and husband, Larry and multiple nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her son, Gerard, husband Bill, parents John and Nathell Alden, and brother, Kenneth Alden.
Memorials may be given to the Wakita Educational Foundation through the funeral home.
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