Janet Brant
Janet Kay Murray Swenka Brant, 82, finished her journey here on earth May 16, 2021. She gracefully passed away surrounded by her loving family at Stoney Brook Assisted Living Center in West Union, Iowa.
Janet was born on January 23, 1939 to Doris Anna Jenks Murray and Edwin Leland Murray at home in Manilla, Iowa nine years after the next child. She joined two brothers and four sisters: Grace Elizabeth (Rasmussen), Eugene Leo, Robert Wendell, Margery Faye (Disburg), Donna Delores (Sheffield), and Vesta Ilene (Senger).
Janet has cherished memories of her childhood family and homes in Manilla and Red Oak, Iowa. She and her parents moved to Oelwein, Iowa during her high school years where Janet met and married Russell Swenka on September 29, 1956. To this union came three children: Roberta Lee, Rebecca Ann, and Duane Russell.