Janet Lee Ballowe
<p>Janet Lee Ballowe 86 of Strasburg, VA passed away Sunday, August 7, 2022, at the Winchester Medical Center. </p> <p>A celebration of life service for Mrs. Ballowe will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 19, 2022, at St. Paul Lutheran Church with Rev. Sonya Williams-Giersch officiating. The family will receive friends at the Church on Friday one hour prior to the service. </p> <p>Mrs. Ballowe was born in Strasburg, VA on December 13, 1935, a daughter of the late Delmer Walton and Velma Margaret Bowman Himelright. She was a 1954 graduate of Strasburg High School and retired from Sandy Hook Elementary School where she worked as a Library Aide. She was a longtime member of St. Paul Lutheran Church where she started the Kindergarten program. She was a member of the Shenandoah Sam’s Camping Club and the North Shenandoah Ruritan where she devoted a lot of time to the Ruritan Empty Stocking Project. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother James Himelright. </p> <p>Survivors include her husband of 66 years James Ray Ballowe, Sr. of Strasburg, VA; her children James Ray Ballowe, Jr. (Peggy) of Fort Valley, VA, Terry Allan Ballowe (Peggy T.) of Edinburg, VA, and Lynda Leigh Ballowe (Bill Hart) of Norfolk, VA; her grandchildren Moriah Creech, Jadah Ballowe, and Sonya Broadway; her great-grandchildren Eli, Baylen, Lorelai, Skylar, Kodah, Samuel, Isaac, Joe, and Jasper; her sister-in-law Gloria Himelright along with several nieces, nephews, and cousins.</p> <p>Memorials may be made to the Ruritan Empty Stocking Project, P.O. Box 411, Strasburg, VA 22657.</p> <p>You may sign the guestbook and submit condolences at www.stoverfuneralhome.com. </p> <p>Stover Funeral Home and Crematory, Strasburg, VA is serving the family of Mrs. Janet H. Ballowe. </p>Obituary
Janet Lee Ballowe 86 of Strasburg, VA passed away Sunday, August 7, 2022, at the Winchester Medical Center.
A celebration of life service for Mrs. Ballowe will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 19, 2022, at St. Paul Lutheran Church with Rev. Sonya Williams-Giersch officiating. The family will receive friends at the Church on Friday one hour prior to the service.
Mrs. Ballowe was born in Strasburg, VA on December 13, 1935, a daughter of the late Delmer Walton and Velma Margaret Bowman Himelright. She was a 1954 graduate of Strasburg High School and retired from Sandy Hook Elementary School where she worked as a Library Aide. She was a longtime member of St. Paul Lutheran Church where she started the Kindergarten program. She was a member of the Shenandoah Sam’s Camping Club and the North Shenandoah Ruritan where she devoted a lot of time to the Ruritan Empty Stocking Project. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother James Himelright.
Survivors include her husband of 66 years James Ray Ballowe, Sr. of Strasburg, VA; her children James Ray Ballowe, Jr. (Peggy) of Fort Valley, VA, Terry Allan Ballowe (Peggy T.) of Edinburg, VA, and Lynda Leigh Ballowe (Bill Hart) of Norfolk, VA; her grandchildren Moriah Creech, Jadah Ballowe, and Sonya Broadway; her great-grandchildren Eli, Baylen, Lorelai, Skylar, Kodah, Samuel, Isaac, Joe, and Jasper; her sister-in-law Gloria Himelright along with several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Memorials may be made to the Ruritan Empty Stocking Project, P.O. Box 411, Strasburg, VA 22657.
You may sign the guestbook and submit condolences at www.stoverfuneralhome.com.
Stover Funeral Home and Crematory, Strasburg, VA is serving the family of Mrs. Janet H. Ballowe.
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