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Janet Henrichsmeyer

[October 24, 2011]  LINCOLN -- Janet K. Henrichsmeyer, 70, of Lincoln, died Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, at 4:45 p.m. at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Jefferson Street Christian Church. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Jefferson Street Christian Church, with Dustin Fulton officiating.

Burial will be in Steenbergen Cemetery, rural Mount Pulaski.

Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Henrichsmeyer was a very involved member of the community. She also did housekeeping for many years for various families in the community.

She was born on Sept. 27, 1941, in Lincoln. Her parents were Harry Albert and Rose Donath Gipson. She married George Omer Henrichsmeyer on July 2, 1957.

She is survived by her husband, of Lincoln; two sons, Greg (and wife Valerie) of Lincoln and Gary of Venice, Fla.; one daughter, Lauri A. Harris of Lincoln; seven grandchildren, Geoff (and Pam) Brown, Arron Brown, Ryan Brown, Derek Henrichsmeyer, David Henrichsmeyer, Emiily D. Henrichsmeyer and Jonah M. Harris; two great-granddaughters, Cloe Brown and Kennedy Brown; and two sisters, Jo Ann Aylesworth and Judy Wolpert.

Janet was an election judge for over 20 years, tax assessor for West Lincoln Township for many years, a member of the Oasis senior citizens board for many years, a member of the Lincoln City Council from 1980 to 1984, chairman of the Lincoln Planning Commission for 12 years, a member of the Lincoln/Logan Food Pantry board and a lifetime member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority.

She was a charter member of the Abraham Lincoln Railsplitting Association, served as president eight times, and was a charter member of the Logan County Arts and Crafts Guild.

She was a member of Jefferson Street Christian Church, a former deaconess at both Jefferson Street Christian Church and Lincoln Christian Church, and Vacation Bible School chairman for several years at Lincoln Christian Church.

She was past president of the PTA at Jefferson School and was on the District 27 School Citizens Advisory Board during the 1970s. She was den mother for Cub Scout Troop 114 and very active with the Boy Scout program for 40 years.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Oasis senior center or the Lincoln/Logan Food Pantry.

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