Janet Lovings

Janet F. Benard Lovings passed away on May 25, 2024, in Waco, TX at the age of 89. Janet was born April 7, 1935, in Escanaba, MI and was a 1953 graduate of Escanaba High School. Shortly after graduation she met and married Richard “Dick” Lovings of Winchester, KY. They had five children. Moving many times through their years together, they finally settled on Texas as their home. Janet was a loving wife and mother who enjoyed her grandchildren and spent much of her time outdoors riding her lawn mower.

Janet was preceded in death by her husband, Dick; son Mitch Lovings; parents Palmer “Pete” and Ethel Boomer Benard; brothers William and Dennis Benard, sister-in-law Florence “Floss” McCauley Benard; granddaughter Jamie Gwynn Lovings; and great granddaughter Bryston Goodroe.

She is survived by her brother Duaine and sister-in-law Juanita Benard of Detroit, Michigan; daughter Sue Salmi, sons Rick and James (Sissie) Lovings, and daughter-in-law Vinita Lovings, all of Texas; son Jason (Nelly) Lovings of Bradenton, Florida; grandchildren Tori, Kristina, Kerry, Nicole, Dan, Cassie, Lauren, Canyon, Sophie, Richie, Brady, and Zoe; and several great grandchildren.

Services will be held on Monday June 3, 2024 at 10am at Callaway-Jones Funeral Center in Bryan. She will be laid to rest next to her husband in the College Station City Cemetery.