JANET ANN TRAGER

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JANET ANN TRAGER (nee Smithson) With her family by her side, Janet Ann Trager (Smithson) passed away at Park Manor Personal Care home on Friday, July 23, 2010 after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. She will be deeply missed by her sons, Gary (Heather), Doug (May), Wayne (Pat) and Randy (John); daughter Lori (Cal) and grandchildren Derek, Lee, Alex, Michael and Lisa. She is survived brothers Harry and Joseph (Bev). Janet was predeceased by her husband Albert Trager (2005), her parents, Robert James Smithson and Margaret Smithson (Honeyman) and brothers Robert, Ted and Lawrence and sister Catherine. Mom was born in Eden, Manitoba on July 28, 1925 and raised in Eden where she attended Eden Consolidated School. Mom then went to school and became a LPN in Winnipeg. This is where she met her husband Albert Trager in the spring of 1946 and married June 4, 1949. They then settled in Transcona where she spent her remaining adult life raising five children. Mom was very involved in all her children's lives driving them to their activities and events. Once all the children finished elementary school and into Jr. High School she went back to school and refreshed her degrees in being a LPN and went back to work in nursing homes. Mom also spent many of her summers at the cabin that they owned on Lake Brereton. Mom and Dad were lucky enough to spend time in Hawaii for 20 years where they loved to vacation. The family would like to thank the staff and volunteers at Park Manor Nursing Home for making her last days very comfortable. As per family's wishes cremation has taken place and a private family service will be held at a later date. If desired, donations maybe made to the Cancer Society of Manitoba in her memory. Glen Eden Funeral Home 338-7111

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jul 26, 2010