Janet Kay Larwill's Obituary
Janet Kay Larwill, Richardson, TX – Janet went peacefully to her Lord and Savior at 2:30 in the morning of Saturday, the 20th of July. The memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. at Restland Dallas, Wildwood Chapel. Interment will follow at 2:30 p.m. at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Janet was born in Kansas City, MO on September 28, 1939 and was adopted by loving parents, Harold Westly Barnes and Texie Hazel Coonce Barnes. She grew up in Columbia, MO on a farm just outside of town. Janet’s eyes would always light up, as she recounted with fondness her childhood memories of life on the farm, including riding her cherished pony, Mable, starting at age 3. When she was 7, her parents opened the Barnes Drug Sundries and she enjoyed sharing stories of working at the soda fountain.Upon graduating high school in 1957, Janet enrolled at Christian College, Columbia, MO and graduated in 1959. She also attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. Janet met her husband, David Keese Larwill, in 1960 in a philosophy class. On June 3, 1961, she married David, a veteran of the Korean War and engineering student. In June of 1963, they moved to St. Louis, where they both worked at McDonnell Aircraft. Their love of traveling together started early, from their honeymoon road trip to New Orleans and then traveling to Acapulco, Mexico. Janet also worked at Monsanto as a clerk for some time. Janet and David moved to Baltimore, MD to take jobs at Bendix and continued traveling throughout the Northeast. They traveled to Montreal to attend the Expo 67. Their first daughter, Larissa Lynn, was born in 1969. Soon after her birth, the family moved to Dallas, TX. Amid a hotel workers strike, they traveled to the Hawaiian Islands. In 1972, daughter, Sheri Dawn, was born. Janet and David traveled to Columbia, Brazil, Peru, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Janet focused on raising the girls, while David worked at Texas Instruments. Janet made sure her daughters were exposed to many activities and experiences. As a family, they traveled annually, from coast to coast and everywhere in between, where many fond memories were made. Despite later health issues, they continued their travel adventures. After recovering from back surgery, Janet and David cruised to Alaska, the Mediterranean, Italy, Greece, and Turkey. After recovering from a quadruple bypass, they traveled to Portugal, Spain, and Morocco. After Janet lost her mother in 2001, they traveled to New Zealand, Australia, London, and southern England, Scandinavian countries, and also to St. Petersburg, Russia. Janet collected treasures from her many travels and loved the arts. She loved bright colors, and this was reflected in her personality, which was as colorful as the pieces she amassed over the years for her collections.Yet always most important to Janet was her family. A loving mother and wife, she leaves behind a family thankful for her devotion and love, each of whom will cherish memories of times spent together. Janet is preceded in death by her parents and by her granddaughters, Anna Grace Williamson and Angelica Rose Jones. She is survived by her doting husband, David, of Richardson, TX; daughter, Larissa, her husband, David Williamson, and daughters, Sophia Grace Williamson and Julia Faith Williamson, of Frisco, TX; daughter Sheri, her husband, Doug Jones, and sons, Stephen Morgan Ray Jones, Joseph David Hart Jones, and Nicolas Alan Drake Jones. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that a donation be made to St. Jude charity.
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