Janet Lynn Rowe

A Celebration of Life will be held from 1:00 P.M. until 3:00 P.M. on Sunday, September 27, 2020 at Janet and Rich's home at 1316 North Meade Avenue, Glendive, Montana 59330. On August 13th, 2020 Janet Rowe left this world holding her husband’s hand and entered heaven to the waiting arms of her son Zachary. Janet was born in Tacoma, Washington March 7th, 1958 to her parents Russell and Lois Waring. They moved to Great Falls, Montana where she went to school. She graduated from Montana State University and followed in her mother's footsteps becoming a school teacher. While teaching she met a kid from California stationed at Malmstrom Air Force base. They were engaged just a few months later and spent the next 35 years exploring life together. She supported Rich in following his passions. At the finish line of a half-marathon she met him with a bottle of water and told him “I beat you to the finish line and never broke a sweat”. Laughter was important in her life. She didn’t often say funny things, but when she did, she made sure everyone knew about it. I will miss making her laugh. She deeply loved her three children Benjamin, Zachary and Sierra, her daughter in law Maggie, and her grandson Grayson. She was most happy with him on her lap reading a book, watching a movie or taking a nap. She was convinced that our Zachary had direct involvement in bringing Ben and Maggie together as they met the evening of his funeral. She also shared her home and heart with many foster children over the years. She enjoyed watching her children play sports through school, college and traveling teams. She loved watching the Dawson Community College Buccaneers play basketball, which was her favorite sport. She would stay up late to catch the Sacramento Kings on west coast TV and her favorite player Peja Stojakovic..calling him “My Peja”. She had a standing kitchen pass for both Peja and Garth Brooks. (To our knowledge she never used it.) She was a passionate reader going through several books a week. If you’d like to do something special in her memory, make a donation to your local library, she would have liked that idea. She also loved scrap booking with her friend Paula. They attended Broadway plays, sang karaoke, and got tattoos together. Paula put it very well. ”She was the Glenda to my Elphaba & the Bobcat to my Griz, because I knew her I was changed for the better”. Her younger brother Mike, her Mother Lois, and son Zachary passed ahead of her. Janet leaves her husband Rich, daughter Sierra, son Benjamin and his family Maggie (Grayson) and their son Grayson. Janet has two amazing nieces, Nicole Simasko who lives in Alaska with her husband Patrick and their two children, and Amanda Bechtold who lives in Billings with her husband Chris and their two children. Janet had some fantastic friends, Barb Oswiler who grew up living just a house apart from each other, and the sisters from Lookout, Montana, Rita Hurst Smith and Irene Hurst Waring. Between the three of them there were many long laughter filled nights. They mourn her loss as strongly as we do and we are thankful for these ladies love. Janet wanted a celebration of life as she didn’t like the formality and discomfort of funerals very much, but because of the pandemic it is not possible at this time. We will certainly have something to celebrate her memory in the future both in Glendive and Great Falls. In the meantime if you want to pay your respects, find a quiet place with a good book and read a chapter or two in her memory.…..I’ll see you at the finish line baby. Cremation has taken place and a celebration of Janet's life will be held at a later date. Silha Funeral Home of Glendive has been entrusted with the arrangements.

Janet Lynn Rowe

September 21, 2020 - September 21, 2020

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September 21, 2020 - September 21, 2020

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