Janet Lee Belitz

1937 - 2025

Janet Lee Belitz

June 24, 1937 - October 17, 2025

Janet Lee Belitz, 88, of Central City, NE, died Friday, October 17, 2025, at CHI St. Francis in Grand Island, NE.

Funeral services will be held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church on Friday, October 24, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Erik Hart officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday, October 23, 2025, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Solt-Wagner Funeral Home in Central City. Burial will be in the Central City Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to St. Paul's Lutheran Church and condolences can be sent to the family at www.soltwagnerfuneral.com.

Janet was born on June 24, 1937, to Lynn and Opal (Funkhauser) Conger in Aurora, Nebraska and graduated with the class of 1955. She grew up and attended school in Aurora. She then attended Kearney State College and received her teaching degree.

She married Ronald August Belitz on August 8, 1959, at the First Christian Church in Aurora. Janet taught school but eventually stayed home on the farm to help Ron. Janet was a hard worker and helped out on the farm for fifty plus years. She would babysit her grandkids and sometimes the neighborhood kids as well.

She was a member of Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Fullerton and after her marriage transferred to St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Central City in 1966. She was very active in the church. She was a member of LWML and the Ladies Guild. She also taught Bible school and Sunday school. One of Janet's favorite hobbies was cross stitching. She would never miss watching a game and was always much more optimistic than her sons.

She is survived by two sons, Steve and Darla Belitz of Archer, NE and Brian and Patty Belitz of Central City, NE; sisters, Donna Fowler and Sharon Ingram of Omaha, NE; brother, Jack and Donna Conger of Siloam Springs, AR; four grandchildern, Christina (David) Berney of Wolbach, NE, Robert Belitz of Aurora, NE, Alyssa (Anavin) Mounivong of Omaha, NE, and Tanner Belitz of Archer, NE; and three great-grandchildren, Colin, Serenity, and Cooper Berney.

Janet was preceded in death by her parents; her husbandL; granddaughters, Kelsey Belitz and Summer Simon; brothers-in-law, Bob Fowler and Ron Ingram; and brother and sisters-in-law, Dean and Lilian Trosper, Elmer and Lois Belitz.