Janis Haggerty, 91, of Riverton, Wyoming passed away on November 21, 2024, at Wind River Rehabilitation and Care Center. A memorial service will be held next spring.
Janis May Lund was born on September 14, 1933, in Long Pine, Nebraska to Oliver and Irene (Cochran) Lund. She grew up in rural Shoshoni and graduated from Shoshoni High School with the class of 1951 as the Valedictorian. On March 2,1952, she married Earl L. Haggerty in Riverton, Wyoming at the United Methodist Church. They were married over 72 years when Earl passed away on October 20, 2024. They raised two children, Jacquie and John, in the Paradise Valley/ Missouri Valley area.
Janis was a member of the first 4-H club in Fremont County. She won trips to the Denver Stock Show in Denver for chicken judging, and Chicago for dress review. When Jacquie and John were old enough, she and other women of the Paradise Valley Helping Hand Club started the Hi-Riders 4-H Club. She was a leader for 10 years. She herself entered open class exhibits at county fair including produce, canned goods, and flowers from her garden, photographs, and garments she had sewn for herself, her children, and grandchildren.
Janis worked at Ashgrove School as secretary for 32 years, retiring in 1992. Dozens of teachers remember her assistance and organization, and hundreds of kids remember her punching lunch tickets, putting band-aids on scrapes and scratches, and letting them use the phone to call home.
After Janis and Earl retired from farming at their Sand Gulch Ranch, they moved to town in Shoshoni so they could attend the grandkids sporting events and school activities. She joined the Shoshoni Christmas Club. She spent many years as an officer for the Shoshoni Alumni. They later moved to Riverton where she was active in Red Hats, Curves, and playing bridge and pinochle.
Janis loved spending time with her 5 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. She enjoyed genealogy and taking pictures and made dozens of family photo albums for her children and grandchildren, as well as smaller ones of flowers, family reunions, and places she and Earl had gone to visit with friends.
She is survived by her daughter Jacquie Boespflug of Riverton; son John(Lori) Haggerty of Harlingen, Texas; brothers, Richard(Dick) Lund and Curt Lund; sister Mary Hoffmann; five grandchildren, Troy(Tiffany) Dornblaser, Katy(Tim) Prescott, Amy(Michael) Owens, Andrea Ryan) Gilbertson, Doug(Jessica) Haggerty; and eight great-grandchildren, Blake and Chase Norton, Aiden and Avery Prescott, Patrick and Tristan Dornblaser, Jordan and Natalie Gilbertson.
She was preceded in death by her husband Earl L. Haggerty; parents Oliver and Irene Lund; sister Bonnie Cook; and brother Allan Lund.
On-line condolences for Janis may be made at TheDavisFuneralHome.com
Services under the direction of Davis Funeral Home, Crematory, and Monuments.