Janet Alene Rusk

Funeral Service for Janet Alene (Brown) Rusk will be held at Warren-McElwain Mortuary on Saturday August 3rd, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. with a visitation one hour prior. Burial to follow at Sutton Cemetery in Baldwin City, KS.

Janet Alene (Brown) Rusk was born in Strawberry Point, Iowa on November 23, 1934, to Roy W. and Inid (Rowell) Brown.  She graduated from Strawberry Point High School in 1953.

Janet married George W. Rusk in November of 1953 and was married for 21 years.  They resided in Plainville, Illinois and were members of the Plainville Methodist Church.

Janet then moved to Mendota Illinois in 1977 and worked in accounting at Conkey’s Manufacturing for 13 years until the factory closed.  After working for Karen Endress tax preparation, she moved to Lawrence Kansas in 1992 to care for her grandchildren.  She attended Mendota Methodist Church.

Janet was in the Pioneer Ridge Nursing Home in 2015 until present.  Janet passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 15, 2024.

Janet had a wonderful faith in the Lord and passed that on to her children.

She is preceded in death by her parents, and sister Joyce Adney.  She is survived by her three children: George (Alison) Rusk, Jr., Tipp City, Ohio; Jay (Pam) Rusk, Lawrence, Kansas; and Laura (Keith) Fassig, Earlville, Illinois.  Five grandchildren: Rachel Rusk (Austin Schall), Knoxville TN, Jamie (Troy) Shaw, Kansas City, KS; Christina (Craig) Palmer, Tecumseh, KS; William Fassig, Tonica, IL, and Elizabeth (Zachary) Kasper, Paw Paw, IL.

Janet had 11 great-grandchildren: Breckyn and Lincoln Shaw, Kayslee, Corley, and Alora Palmer, Charlotte Fassig, and Isabella, Jackson, Remington, and Kade Kasper and Landon Schmidt.

She was also survived by her nephew, Erik (Sue) Adney of Mendota, IL

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be given in memory of Janet to the Lawrence Humane Society or Mendota Gardening Club c/o Steve Lauer, 1204 Monroe Street, Mendota, IL 61342 or may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13 ^th Street, Lawrence, KS 66044.