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Janet Whaley
JANET WHALEY
Stanwood
Janet Jean (Bryant) Whaley, 65, of Stanwood, passed away after a short battle with cancer on Friday, July 22, 2016, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, July 25, at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 26, at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Oxford.
A memorial fund has been in established in Janet's honor.
Online condolences may be shared at www.fryfuneralhome.com.
Janet was born Dec. 28, 1950, in Iowa City, Iowa, to Jean and Eileen (Shebetka) Bryant. After high school, Janet graduated with her bachelor's degree from UNI and would finish her education with her master's degree from NWMS. For 10 years, Janet taught high school math in Missouri and finished her teaching career at Tipton High School, where she taught for 27 years. She also was on the board and directed many plays for the Cedar County Stoplight Players. Janet also served as president of the Stanwood Ambulance Board.
Janet was united in marriage to the late Victor L. Whaley on June 14, 1986, in Iowa City and was later blessed with two children, Donna and Jesse. She also was a foster and adoptive parent to other children.
Janet had a passion for living life, enjoying things like camping and bonfires, theater and traveling, visiting friends and supporting her family at events they participated in. Above all, family was the most important. Janet's motto she lived by comes from Peace Frog; (she was known for sporting tie-dyed frogs on her car) -- "Be Good, Be Kind, Have Fun."
Inspiring and impacting the lives of numerous people, Janet will be dearly missed by all.
Surviving Janet are her children, Donna Whaley of Stanwood and Jesse (Miyong) Whaley of South Korea; sisters, JoAnne (Dan) Downes, Oxford, and Janelle (Dave) Campbell, Oxford; brothers, Keith Bryant, Oxford, Jim (Cathlene) Bryant, Parnell, and Randy (Sandy) Bryant, Oxford; sister-in-law, Debbie Bryant; seven grandchildren, Kaylee, Riley, Maria, Alison, Kevin, Dallas and Esther; godson, Quintin Bryant; and 17 other nieces and nephews.
Preceding Janet were her parents, husband and brother, Richard.
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