Janet B. Barnett, age 85, Dorchester, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield, WI. Memorial service will be held Monday, October 12, at 11:00 am at the Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home, 203 North Fourth Street, Abbotsford, WI. Visitation will be held 10:00 am until time of service at funeral home.
Janet was born June 6, 1930 in Eagle River, WI to Bruno and Jenny (Johnson) Ewald. Janet attended Eagle River schools and Randolph High School. She was united in marriage to August Barnett on March 31, 1948 in Randolph, WI. Janet resided in Beaver Dam, Eau Claire, Abbotsford, Eagle River for 2 years and then back to Abbotsford. She worked various jobs the most recent being a library assistant for the Abbotsford Public Library.
She loved to garden and watch the Milwaukee Brewers.
Janet is survived by her four children; Michael (Sue) Barnett of Madison, Lynn Gabriel of Wausau, Mark (Nancy) Barnett of Appleton, and Ellie (Dave) Block of Dorchester, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She is further survived by a sister; Eileen Brower of Beaver Dam.
Janet is preceded in death by her parents, her husband; August Barnett on May 4, 2006, daughter; Vicki Barnett and siblings; Hiram Carl Ewald and Helen Ewald Peters.
Family and friends can make online condolences to www.maurinaschilling.com