Janet June (Reinbolt) Goering died October 4, 2013 at the University of Michigan Hospital. She was born June 8, 1935 on Ketcham Avenue in Toledo, Ohio to Mary Kathryn (Hartley) and Charles Michael Reinbolt. She was the oldest of three children. In 1953 she graduated from Woodward High School in Toledo. After graduation her journey lead her to Michigan State College (University) where she met the love of her life. She was married to Gene Arlie Goering on June 26, 1955 at Eden Mennonite Church in Moundridge, Kansas. The newlywed couple lived in Kansas where she finished her art education degree at Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas. In 1956 they moved to Avon Lake, Ohio where she taught her first art classes. In 1957 they bought the farm they have lived on for 56 years at 12320 Yost Road Hudson, MI. Janet taught art in Hudson until she set that aside to be the full time mother to her four children, Michelle (1959), Gene Jr. (1962), Jana (1964), and Kristi (1965). She attended Salem, Tedrow, and Lockport Mennonite Churches where she was very active teaching Bible school, Sunday school, parenting, and marriage enrichment classes as well as participating in WMSC. She loved her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and spent her life serving him in various capacities. After 10 years of full time homemaking she returned to her teaching career in Reading, Michigan. Janet retired in 1988 after 30 years of teaching art. In 1990 Janet filled in as a 2nd grade teacher for 3 months at the Hopi Mission School in Kykotsmovi, AZ. She enjoyed teaching all ages of people in many settings. Janet loved handiwork including sewing, knitting, crocheting, and especially quilting. She also loved gardening and had rainbows of colorful flowers throughout her yard. She was a member of Lockport Mennonite Church, Delta Kappa Gamma, the Pittsford Garden Club, and the Reading Teachers' Association. She served as a board member for Domestic Harmony and was a volunteer quilter at Sauder's Village. She served timelessly for many organizations throughout her lifetime. She was preceded in death by her parents -sister-in-law Delia (Goering) Graber and brother-in-laws Vern Graber, Olin Goering and Ray Ediger. Janet is survived by her husband, Gene, her mentor and longtime friend, Myone Sturdevant -her children Michelle (Gail) Gnagey, Gene Jr.(Karen) Goering, Jana (David) Wheeler and Kristi (Stefan) Hiltbrunner- her grandchildren Lydia (Nathan) McKinsey, Elise and Olivia Gnagey, Gene III, Christian, Brandon, and Kathryn Goering, Jacob, Joel, Hannah, Luke, Rachel, Sarah, Benjamin, and Sonya Wheeler, Gabriela and Marta Grace Hiltbrunner- her great grandchild Kathryn McKinsey -her stepmother June Reinbolt-her brothers Charles (Jeannie) and Donald (Sue) Reinbolt, her in-laws Lola (Goering) Ediger, Harvey and Erna(Goering) Stucky, and Homer and Dorothy Goering- and many nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be held on Wednesday at 4 PM at Lockport Mennonite Church with Pastors Steven Heatwole and Cliff Brubaker officiating. Interment will precede in the Lockport Cemetery. Friends may call at Lockport Mennonite Church from 2-4 and 6-8 PM on Tuesday.