Eda Lisso Janek

WALL - Eda Lisso Janek, a long-time resident of the Wall community, died Friday, Sept. 28, 2001, in a nursing home in Odessa. She was born on her parents' ranch in Concho County on Nov. 30, 1905. After attending college in San Marcos, she taught in public schools in Conch, Runnels and Tom Green counties. She spent most of her teaching career, which formally ended in 1976, as the first-grade teacher in Wall community. She married William "Bill" Janek in July 1930, and shortly thereafter, moved to a farm in the Wall community. He preceded her in death in July 1961. After her retirement, she became active in the volunteer "Pink Lady" program at St. John Hospital in San Angelo. She was a member of the Wall Brethren Church. She is survived by two sons, Neal of Odessa, and Robert of Leavenworth, Kan.; three grandchildren, Kerry of Odessa, Kristie of Dallas, and Daryl of Leavenworth, Kan. She has one great-grandson, William of Odessa. She is also survived by an even larger family of students whom she taught in the over 30 years of teaching. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. at Wall Brethren Church on Tuesday, Oct. 2, with burial alongside her husband in Lawnhaven Cemetery. There will be family visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, at Johnson's Funeral Home. The family requests that donations or memorials be either to the Wall Brethren Church or to the Wall School Elementary Library.