Janet S. Herdman, 75, McCracken, Kansas, died Sunday, December 15, 2019, at Locust Grove Village, La Crosse, Kansas.
Mrs. Herdman was born May 26, 1944, in Roswell, New Mexico, the daughter of Carl and Sylvia (Martinec) Lyda. She was a lifelong resident of Rush County, Kansas. A 1962 graduate of La Crosse High School, La Crosse, Kansas, she received her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, in 1977. She was an elementary school teacher at St. John School, Hoisington, Kansas, and Bazine Elementary School, Bazine, Kansas, before her retirement.
She was a member of Hope Lutheran Church, Rush Center, Kansas, and attended the United Methodist Church in McCracken, Kansas. She was a Cub Scout Den Leader for many years, and was a member of the McCracken Public Library Board, McCracken, Kansas.
On September 7, 1963, she married Harold V. Herdman at Hope Lutheran Church, Rush Center, Kansas.
Survivors include: her husband, Harold V. Herdman, McCracken, Kansas; two sons, Chad Herdman (fiancée, Stephanie Owens, Windom, Kansas, and Trenton Herdman (Jana, Rush Center, Kansas; one daughter, Tambra Pfeifer (Todd, Great Bend, Kansas; 12 grandchildren, Justin Herdman, Jeremy Herdman, Joseph Herdman, Clayton Herdman, Garrison Herdman, Kendrick Herdman, Athena Grotheer, Cody Pfeifer, Sierra Pfeifer, Marissa Pfeifer, Erin Pfeifer, and Johanna Pfeifer; and one brother Gary Lyda (Glennys, Twin Falls, Idaho.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Visitation will be Wednesday, December 18, 2019, from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the Janousek Funeral Home, La Crosse, Kansas.
Church visitation will be Thursday, December 19, 2019, from 10:00 A.M. to 10:50 A.M. at the United Methodist Church, McCracken, Kansas.
Funeral service will be Thursday, December 19, 2019, at 11:00 A.M. at the United Methodist Church, McCracken, Kansas, with Pastor Norma McNair officiating.
Interment will be Thursday, December 19, 2019, at 2:00 P.M. in Locust Hill Cemetery, Rush Center, Kansas.
Memorials are suggested to the Janet S. Herdman Memorial Fund.
Condolences or remembrances may be left for the family at www.charterfunerals.com/locations/janousek-lacrosse.php.
Arrangements were by Janousek Funeral Home, 719 Pine Street, P O Box 550, La Crosse, Kansas 67548, 785/222-2517.