Janet L. (Waite) Behlke
BEHLKE, WAITE, AZBILL, NUSSER, PICKENS
Posted By: Sarah Fletcher (email)
Date: 6/17/2016 at 14:56:18
Janet L. (Waite) Behlke, 59, died peacefully at home Wednesday, June 8th after a year long struggle with pancreatic cancer.
A Celebration of Life for family and friends will be held Sunday, June 19th from 2 to 5 PM at Lensing’s Oak Hill, 210 Holiday Rd, Coralville. An informal time for all who wish to share their memories of Janet with the group will be held at 4PM.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Iowa City Hospice www.iowacityhospice.org.
Janet was born August 7, 1956 in Iowa City, the daughter of Jack and Jeanne (Azbill) Waite. Janet was a 1974 graduate of West High School where she played basketball and ran track. Janet worked for many years as a bookkeeper for Hy-Vee in Iowa City and Omaha and later as invoicing manager for Integrated DNA Technologies in Coralville, where she met her husband-to-be Mark Behlke. Mark and Janet were married on Valentine’s Day of 2003. They shared a love of fine art, cars, and tennis. Janet loved nothing more on a sunny summer day than driving their convertible! Most importantly, she loved her family and friends.
The family would like to extend their appreciation for the wonderful care and compassion provided by UIHC, her physicians Dr. Dan Berg and Dr. Tim Thomsen, and Iowa City Hospice.
Janet is survived by her husband Mark; her children, Allyson Nusser of Miami, FL and Adam “AJ” Nusser of North Liberty; her step-daughter, Lauren M. Behlke of Boston; her mother, E. Jeanne Waite of Coralville; her four siblings, Sandi Waite (Keith Riden) of Ankeny, John D. Waite III of Overland Park, KS, Steve Waite (Karen) of Des Moines and Jim Waite (Tami Sasek) of Lenexa, KS; loving nieces and nephews; and her former spouse Jeffery Nusser.
Janet was preceded in death by her father, her husband Kent Dwayne Pickens, infant sister Susan and Mark and Janet’s beloved golden retriever Midas.
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