Janet Kay Glynn

Janet Kay Glynn, 71 passed away on Friday, October 18, 2024, at Stormont Vail in Topeka, Kansas.

She was born on August 10, 1953, in Wamego, Kansas, the daughter of Robert Dale Rickstrew and Charlene Francis Straub (Stewart). She attended grade school in Louisville, KS, and graduated from Wamego High School in 1971.

After high school, she attended St. Margaret’s School of Nursing in Kansas City, Kansas. She graduated in 1974 with a Registered Nurse’s License. She had a fulfilling nursing career at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita and Topeka. She was an evening supervisor for St. Francis nursing staff. To allow time with her family, she pursued a career in medical review with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas also in Topeka. After 25 years, she retired in 2014. Within the past few years, she continued her passion for helping through Home Healthcare Services. She was a very active lifetime member of Beta Sigma Phi in Wamego. Through work and sorority, she made many wonderful friendships that she carried on for the rest of her life.

Janet married Thomas Omer Glynn, Jr. on November 28, 1975, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Flush, KS. He survives of the home. United within their marriage, they had three children. Janet loved her family, being a mother, grandmother, and aunt. She was devoted to her faith. Two trips to Medjugorje enriched this. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, crafting, and painting, especially with her grandchildren. She was always up for adventures, taking trips with friends and family to many places in and outside Kansas.

She was preceded in death by her father Robert Dale Rickstrew and stepmother Glenda Rickstrew, father and mother-in-law, Thomas Omer and Katherine Glynn, Sr. and beloved niece Lindsey Lee Rickstrew.

Other survivors include her three children: Thomas (Kimberly) Glynn III, Daniel (Nicole) Glynn, Jennifer (Ken) Blaske, and seven grandchildren, Lincoln Glynn, Harley Glynn, Blaine Blaske, Blake Glynn, Bree Glynn, Colton Blaske, Calvin Blaske. Her mother and stepfather Charlene and Bill Stewart and siblings, Judy (Duane) Jones, Joyce (Pat) Reich, Robert (Barbara) Rickstrew, Ron (Shana) Rickstrew, Joanne Burgos, Raymond (Shelley) Rickstrew, Jacquie (Gene) Steinbacher, Joleen (Gene) Yapp, her brothers and sisters-in-laws Anne (Richard) Kolbek Sr., Earl (Karen) Glynn, Jean Figge, Paula (Ken) Smith, and Bill (Diane) Glynn, 60 nieces and nephews, 67 great nieces and nephews, and 12 great-great nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on, Saturday, October 26, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Bernard Catholic Church, with Fr. Mike Peterson officiating, interment will be held in the St. Bernard Catholic Cemetery with a luncheon to follow. A visitation will be held on Friday, October 25, 2024, at St. Bernard Catholic Church from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. with a Rosary at 7:00 p.m. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan, for the Wamego school sites. Those may be left in the care of Campanella & Stewart Funeral Home, P. O. Box 48, Wamego, KS 66547.