Obituary of Janet L. Barriger

JANET SCHWEIGHOFER- BARRIGER , AGE 89 OF HONESDALE PASSED AWAY AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS ON FEBRUARY 24, 2019. JANET WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 11, 1929 TO the late FLOYD SCHWEIGHOFER AND LURLINE GROSSMAN- SCHWEIGHOFER-CLARK IN CARLEY BROOK, OUTSIDE OF HONESDALE, PA. ATTENDING PHILDELPHIA GENERAL NURSING SCHOOL, SHE GRADUATED AND PURSUED A CAREER THAT INCLUDED OVER 30 YEARS AT WAYNE MEMORIAL AS A REGISTERED NURSE. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER CHILDREN CONNIE PETRAITIS AND HUSBAND JOHN, LYNN THOMPSON AND WIFE CINDI AND GRANDDAUGHTER KATLYNNE THOMPSON. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER SISTER FERNE KEESLER( ROBERT ), BROTHER WALTER CLARK (NANCY), COUSINS, NEICES AND NEPHEWS. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SISTER, RITA HYDE AND HUSBAND, EDWIN O. BARRIGER. JANET WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ABRAHAMSVILLE, DAMASCUS & BETHANY METHODIST CHURCH'S WHERE SHE TOOK PART IN THE QUILTS FOR HOMELESS PROGRAM, FOOD PANTRY, PEARL CAFÉ AND BIBLE STUDY . SHE ALSO TOOK PART IN MANY MISSION TRIPS TO DISASTER AREAS IN THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHERN STATES. JANET ENJOYED GARDENING, READING, AND TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HER SMILE, WILLINGNESS AND LOVE TO HELP OTHERS WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY , MARCH 5, 2019, AT 11:30 AT the Arthur A. Bryant Funeral Home. 1228 Main St Honesdale WITH REV. MIGUEL H. ARENAS OFFICIATING. FAMILY AND FRIENDS MAY VISIT FROM 9:30 UNTIL TIME OF SERVICE. IN LEIU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS FOR ABRAHAMSVILLE UM CHURCH ( 623 CALLICOON RD, DAMASCUS, PA. 18415 )