Janet Glee Green, age 83, of Lawrence died Thursday, June 21, 2018 at Medicalodge in Eudora, KS.
Mrs. Green was born July 3, 1934 in Kingman Kansas, the daughter of Otto H. and Zella M. (Johnston) Swope. She graduated from Kingman High School in 1952. She took courses in elementary education at Pratt Junior College.
She married Eldon L. Green in Kingman, KS on July 29, 1953. The couple resided in Pratt, KS for most of their married life. Mr. Green died on March 5, 2002 in Lawrence, KS.
Survivors include 3 sons, Steven (wife Julie) of Yates Center, KS, Scott (wife Maria) of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Christopher (wife Patricia) of Wellsville, KS as well as 1 brother, Dean Swope of Kingman, KS. She had 5 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
Janet was a homemaker in Pratt while raising her 3 sons and later was employed at the Pratt Christian Church and at 2 insurance agencies in Pratt and at the City of Pratt Sanitation Dept. After leaving Pratt in 1991, she was employed by JC Penney Co in both Wichita, KS and Lawrence KS. She worked at Ortho Kansas in Lawrence KS as a medical records clerk until her retirement.
Mrs Green has donated her body to the Willed Body Program at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Private memorial services will be conducted at a later date.
The family suggests memorials to the Visiting Nurses Hospice (VNA) of Douglas County KS in care of the funeral home.
Janet was always a kind and gentle lady. Dean and I will miss her!
She was a caring and wonderful aunt.
Janet was a special lady dear to all of us at OrthoKansas, , but personally she was a dear friend. I have many fond memories. She was a dedicated & determined woman. Sorry for your loss.