JANET L. LOWENBACH

JANET LESLIE LOWENBACH  
Janet Leslie Lowenbach, 72, of Harpers Ferry, WV and formerly of Chevy Chase, MD, passed away on July 21, 2015 after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband, William Lowenbach; children, Michael Wiener (Elizabeth), Evelyn Polesny (Michael), Anne Peyer (Jon), and Nicholas Lowenbach; four grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends. Janet graduated with honors from Smith College and began her career as an intrepid photojournalist covering a vast range of issues with a specialization in health for the Washington Post, Baltimore Sun and other publications. After some time spent cultivating a family portrait business and notably as a fiercely devoted mother, she built on her earlier journalistic work as corporate communications director for The Lewin Group and editor for Medicine and Health. Janet was a legendary hostess in Chevy Chase, Bethesda, and more recently Harper's Ferry, a passionate flautist since high school, a powerful swimmer, avid hiker and was at work on a memoir. A funeral service will take place at 11:30 AM on Friday, July 24 th at the Chapel Mausoleum of Resthaven Memorial Gardens, 9501 U.S. Route 15 N in Frederick. Interment will be private. Please omit flowers. In lieu of flowers, celebrate Janet's love of dogs with a donation to Washington Animal Rescue League, 71 Oglethorpe Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (www.warl.org).