Janet Rae Kirschenmann

Janet Rae (Smith) Kirschenmann died at the age of 79 on Feb. 29, at the East Adams Rural Hospital, after a lengthy illness.

She was born Aug. 18, 1932, to Howard and Doris Smith in Aberdeen, S.D.

She attended Northern College in Aberdeen, S. D., and then transferred to Yankton College in Yankton, S.D., where she met her husband, Cal Kirschenmann. They were married in Aberdeen, S.D. in June of 1955. Their first home was in Barstow, Calif., and they continued living in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas until retiring to Ritzville in 2006.

Together they raised three children and she had a 4...