- Date Of Birth: November 4, 1934
- Date Of Death: September 20, 2015
- State: Illinois
Janet Ann Rawie, nee Paul, 80, of O’Fallon, IL, passed away at her home on September 20, 2015, where she was under the care of Hospice of Southern Illinois since early July. Janet now rests peacefully in death, no longer suffering from the illness that ravished her body and soul. Janet was born on November 4, 1934 in Hays, KS. She was the daughter of a Rail Road Family and grew up in Ellis, KS. She graduated with honors from Ellis High School in 1952. Following high school, Janet attended Brown Mackie School of Business in Salina, KS. She started her secretarial career in January of 1957 in Denver, CO.
While in Denver, Jane met, and on April 21, 1961 married, Michael E. Rawie, a member of the USAF. Their family began with the birth of their daughter, Michelle Ann, on December 15, 1966. Due to the nature of her husband’s work, Janet made frequent relocations: Kadena AB, Okinawa, Richards-Gebaur AFB, Kansas City, MO, and Dover AFB, Dover, DE where their son, Michael Paul, was born on October 19, 1971. Janet and her family finally settled in O’Fallon, IL in July 1985, following her husband’s assignment to HQ Military Airlift Command. Janet was a loving wife and devoted, caring mother, who maintained the household and raised two children, while she also continued her career with civil service at Scott AFB until her retirement “with 35 years of faithful and devoted service on the occasion of retirement from employment with the United States Air Force on January 2, 1998.”
Following retirement, Janet served as a volunteer with the American Red Cross, providing assistance and comfort to military personnel transiting the Scott AFB Medical Center. Janet was also a volunteer OTHS “Band Mother”, frequently chaperoning students on out of town band trips. Janet was preceded in death by her parents, Earl F. & Blanche L. Paul, nee Weinholtz of Ellis, KS; and sister, Carolyn Havey of Dallas, PA. Janet is survived by her husband, Lt. Col. USAF Ret. Michael E. Rawie of O’Fallon, IL; daughter, Michelle Ann Rawie of O’Fallon, IL; son, Michael Paul Rawie of O’Fallon, IL; and grandchildren, Alexis Ann Rawie and Clarke Michael Rawie of Washington, MO.
