BOLCKOW, Mo. – Mrs. Janet Onalea Rosenbaum, 78, Bolckow, Mo., went to be with the Lord on December 28, 2013. She was born November 28, 1935 in Larnard, Kan., to Frederick and Pauline Meyer. Janet was raised in Simla and Monument, Colo. She was a member of the Little Log Church in Palmer Lake, Colo. She graduated from Lewis-Palmer High School and went on to attend Blair Business College in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Janet married Montie L. Rosenbaum on July 4, 1954 in Colorado Springs. After their marriage they moved to the Plattsburg, Mo., area where she worked for the Clinton County Extension Office. They also lived in the Osborn, Mo., area. Later they moved to Kansas City, Mo., where Janet was a homemaker and a Brownie Scout Leader. In 1973 they made their home on a farm outside of Bolckow, where she lived until her death. She was an employee of Midway Shop and Hop until her retirement.
Janet was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years; parents; and two brothers in law.
Survivors: three daughters, Paula (Rick) Dorrel, Willard, Mo., Marilyn (Roger) Wilmes, Bolckow, and Betty Tinker, Savannah, Mo.; eight grandchildren, Elizabeth (Nathan) Lampe, Willard, Sarah Dorrel, McKinleyville, Calif., Rachel (Malisa) Mahon, Citrus Heights, Calif., Timothy (Heather) Wilmes, Rosendale, Mo., Tristen (Leigh) Wilmes, Oregon, Mo., Tyler Wilmes, Bolckow, Brook Edwards, St. Joseph, and Bryson Tinker, Savannah.; 11 great-grandchildren; sister, Judy (Harvey) Murphy, Sterling, Colo.; sister-in-law, Bonnie (Frank) Shipers, Bolckow; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Celebration of her life: 1 p.m., Friday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home and Crematory. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home and Crematory where friends may call 5 p.m., Thursday. The family request memorials to Three Rivers Hospice, St. Joseph, in the name of Janet.
Online guest book and obituary at www.meierhoffer.com