Janet Frye

BYRON - Janet Louise Frye, age 84, longtime resident of Byron, Illinois passed away on October 9, 2023 at Allure of Pinecrest Nursing Center, Mt. Morris, IL. A funeral service will be held 3pm Saturday, October 14, 2023 at the United Church of Byron. Visitation will be held 2 – 3pm Saturday, prior to the service at the Church. Burial will be in the Byron Township Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the United Church of Byron.

Janet was born November 18, 1938, in Leaf River, Illinois, the daughter of Wayne and Marian (Arthur) Hoffman. She is a 1956 graduate of the Leaf River High School. On June 14, 1958 Janet married Gerald Frye. Together they raised five children, Brian, Dean, Deb, Darcie and Paula. She was also a living kidney donor to her daughter, Paula Shal. Janet and Gerald celebrated 61 years of marriage until Gerald’s passing in 2019.

Janet and Gerald were members of the United Church of Byron, where she worked from 19691976 as a secretary for the Church. She also sang in the Church choir, directed the children’s choir and was a Sunday school teacher. In 1976 she was a secretary for the Director of Gifted Programs and New Funding for the Rockford School District. From 1983-1992 she was a secretary for the Byron High School and in 1992 she became the Administrative Assistant for the Superintendent of the Byron School District. She would remain in that position until her retirement in 1999.

Janet and Gerald enjoyed traveling, spending winters in Florida at Anna Maria Island, and summers in Merrimac, Wisconsin. Most of all, Janet loved spending time with her children grandchildren, great-grandchildren.

Janet will be dearly missed by a son, Dean (Cynthia) Frye of Machesney Park; three daughters, Deb ( James) Eisfeller of Byron, Darcie (Mike) Feltmeyer of Lanark, and Paula ( James) Shal of Johnsburg, Illinois; 7 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Jerald (Phyllis) Hoffman of Louisville, Kentucky and their families.

Janet is preceded in death by her husband Gerald; her son, Brian Frye; her parents, Wayne and Marian; and two brothers, Rodney and Eugene.