Janet Bergere Richardson
1941 - 2024
Janet Lea Richardson was born on December 26, 1941 in Cromwell, Connecticut to John A. Bergere and Barbara A. (Manchester) Bergere. She graduated from Cromwell High School in 1959.
Janet worked as a secretary for Travelers Insurance Company in Hartford, Connecticut where she met Robert “Bob” Richardson, a father of 5. The two were united in marriage in December 1966. They came to Iowa to live on his family farm out east of Woodward. Janet was a skilled seamstress and a cook. She and Bob enjoyed square dancing and seasonal camping trips. The couple owned their own Café in Woodward. In 1989 Janet and Bob relocated to Perry to a great neighborhood on West Warford. She worked as a receptionist at the Woodward Resource Center for 30 years. Janet was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary #99 in Minburn. She had a lifelong love for dogs.
Janet passed away on February 17, 2024 at her home in Perry. She was preceded in death by her mother Barbara, father John, stepmother Ann, husband Robert “Bob” Richardson, and brother Bradford Bergere. She will be dearly missed by all the friends she made in her neighborhood, her dog Zoe Mae, nephews Douglas Bergère and John Bergere, sister-in-law Jean Gibson, several cousins, other relatives, and many more friends.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 22, 2024 at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry. Burial will take place in Violet Hill Cemetery.