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Janet Flyr Obituary
FLYR, Janet
In her 90th year, Janet Flyr passed away peacefully on February 22, 2008 after a short illness. Loving mother of Mary Zureik (Elia) of Kingston, Ontario Canada; Diane Flyr of St. Helena; Paul Flyr of Orangevale; dear grandmother of five and great-grandmother of seven. A resident of TLC care facility in Citrus Heights, she considered the people there part of her family. Predeceased by her husband, Marvin. A teacher in the San Juan Unified School District for many years, she graduated in from UC Berkeley, 1939. She and Marvin were avid folk dancers and long-time members of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Society. She smiled every day including her last. She was loved by all who knew her. Services celebrating her life will take place at Mt Vernon Memorial Park in Citrus Heights at 2pm on Thursday February 28. In lieu of flowers, please donate to UNICEF.
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Memories and Condolences
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Nancy Cooper Manly
April 22, 2008
Mrs. Flyr was my third and fourth grade teacher at Pope Avenue. Every day I use the language skills I honed by diagramming sentences on the blackboard in her class. I remember listening to her read "Charlotte's Web" to us after lunch recess, a chapter every day. Every student should be lucky enough to have a teacher like her!
Maxine Cornwell
March 9, 2008
Mrs. Flyr was a lovely person, always so at ease, an aura which made others immediately comfortable including her students. She was my daughter Carrie's fourth grade teacher at Pope Avenue School, and she, Marvin, and my family shared membership in the Unitarian-Universalist Society of Sacramento. I admired her tremendously and have a cookbook she gave me for helping in her classroom that year, as well as photos of her with the students taken on a field trip near my home. My husband, Bob, and I send our deepest sympathy to the family.
Barbara Wells (Espey)
March 3, 2008
My deepest sympathy to the family of Janet Flyr. She was my third grade teacher at Del Paso Manor School in 1952. I remember her as a very kind and fun teacher. I have thought of her many times over the years. I know you have many wonderful memories of her.
Irene Fiori-Patterson
March 2, 2008
Our deepest condolences to the family. I spent many wonderful years folkdancing with Janet and Marvin, and will remember them fondly - such great people. May they rest in peace.
Irene and Don Patterson
Michelle Habiger
February 28, 2008
Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
Gina Kingsbury
February 27, 2008
We have lost a lovely person and a wonderful teacher, one whom I was lucky enough to have for two years. Her intelligence, wit and sophistication were a part of everything she taught. I owe her thanks for many things she introduced to her little fourth-graders, including a forward-looking awareness of ecology, multiculturalism, folk music (her autoharp!) and a taste for Tom Lehrer. I will never forget her.
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