Janet Whitney

A memorial service for Janet Whitney, 79, of Milford, Iowa, will be held at 2 pm, Saturday, January 6, 2018, at First Lutheran Church in West Okoboji, Iowa. Visitation will be one hour prior to service time at the church. Janet Maude Whitney, the daughter of Maude (Burns) and Oscar Foss, was born January 26, 1938 in Spirit Lake, Iowa. After graduating from high school, Janet received her Bachelor of Arts from Buena Vista College. On August 18, 1957, Janet was united in marriage to Duane Whitney in Lake Park, Iowa. They moved to Milford in 1974. Throughout the years, Janet worked as a teacher, in real estate and as a salesperson. She enjoyed refinishing and refurbishing furniture, writing poetry and acting. Janet passed away January 4, 2018 at Accura Healthcare in Milford at seventy-nine years of age. She is survived by her daughter, Dawn Whitney and her wife, Hali; son, Brian Whitney and his wife, Cindy; daughter, Jennifer Whitney; two granddaughters, Tiffany and Brittany; and great-granddaughter, Genevieve. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Duane and her son, Robert Whitney in 2010.