Mrs. Janet Fletcher

FLETCHER, Mrs. Janet Kalamazoo, MI Died Thursday evening May 29, 2008. She was born September 2, 1928 in Berrien County to Milton J. and Myrtle J. Litowich. She graduated from Baldwin High School in 1946 and remained in Baldwin several years. Charles and Janet and their four children moved to Kalamazoo in 1957. She worked as a volunteer many years with the Glowing Embers Girl Scouts Council, Kalamazoo Association for Retarded Children, Parkview-Upjohn School swimming program, Greenwood and Milwood Schools as room mother. In Bangor, MI, she was chairperson for ten years of the Apple Festival Parade, and President of the Van Buren Association for Retarded Children. After moving to Coloma, MI, she became chairperson of the Glad-Peach Festival Parade for two years. Also volunteered six years at the Watervliet Community Hospital for the Ladies Auxiliary in the radiology department and Life Line. After retiring, they moved back to Kalamazoo in 1996. At that time she started doing volunteer work for MRC Industries on Bank St., and in 2002 was presented with the Kalamazoo Senior Star Award for volunteerism. Her other interests in Kalamazoo have been the Kalamazoo Kings ball team, of which she has been an avid fan and supporter. A member of Gnosis II Club, Kalamazoo Chapter. Janet was preceded in death by her father, Milton J. Litowich, her mother, Myrtle J. Gould, her sister, Dorothy R. Newman, her youngest child, Laura Fletcher, and her step father, C. Frederick Gould. She is survived by her husband, Charles F. Fletcher, sons, John Connie Fletcher of Brownsburg, IN, and Michael Fletcher, Richard Fletcher, and Kathleen Marks all of Kalamazoo; 4 grandchildren, Virginia, Laura, Nicole and Andrew; a great-grandchild, Emily; 3 step sisters, Mary Larry Latowski of Battle Creek, Nancy Ron Bush of Athens, TX, and Susan Dave Heater of Hartford, MI; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. Private services will be held at the Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Westside Chapel, 3926 South 9th St. Private burial will take place in Mt. Ever-Rest Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Residential Opportunities Inc. of Kalamazoo, which she had been associated with the past twenty-five years, or MRC Industries on Bank St. in Kalamazoo, or the charity of your choice.