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Janet Matyas Obituary
Janet Margaret Matyas, 86, of Mountain Grove passed away Monday in Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, following a brief illness.
Born in Nuremberg on May 17, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Margaret (Wanner) Lutz and spent the past 66 years in Mountain Grove.
Janet graduated from Nuremberg High School in 1953. At the age of 18, she sailed, by herself, across the Atlantic to marry her husband, Ralph Errol Matyas, on Feb. 13, 1954, where he was a member of the U.S. Army stationed in Heilbronn, Germany. Once stateside, she worked at Kathy Fashions, Nuremberg, for 15 years, and 10 years as an assistant at the post office in Rock Glen. Her longest and most fulfilling career was as a loving and dedicated homemaker, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
She enjoyed reading, traveling and find-a-word and jigsaw puzzles. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Mountain Grove. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
She was preceded in death, in addition to her parents, by her husband, Ralph Errol Matyas; and her brother, Eugene Lutz.
Surviving are her four children, Gary Matyas and his wife, Marsha, Olney, Md.; Deborah Barton and her husband, William, Kokomo, Ind.; Douglas Matyas and his wife, Nancy, Lovettsville, Va.; and Linda Matyas, Mountain Grove. She has six grandchildren, Joseph, Amanda, Jason, Kendall, Nicholas and Ella; one great grandson, Isaac; as well as several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Her funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1551 Rock Glen Road, Bloomsburg (Mountain Grove).
Burial will follow in Mountain Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Mountain Grove. The family asks those attending to follow COVID-19 precautions by wearing a mask to the church.
Memorial donations may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church in care of Mark Hartzell, 998 Beaver Valley Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. A tree will be planted in Janet's memory by her family at the church in the spring.
Harman Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc. (West), 1265 Rock Glen Road, Rock Glen, is assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Patricia Dreisbach
February 23, 2022
sorry to hear another neighbor is gone really had good times with Janet when we worked
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