Janet (Nan) Doutt Rettig
With profound sadness and great joy, we announce the passing of Janet (Nan) Doutt Rettig, our loving and devoted mother and friend to all whose lives she touched, on Oct. 16, 2019. She left us while sleeping peacefully, in her 100th year, surrounded by her family. We will miss her tremendously, but rejoice in her healing and reunion with her loved ones in heaven.
Born in Renfrew, she witnessed incredible changes to her world. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Norman, whom she married in 1944, before his deployment to Guam during World War II.
She is the beloved mother of Carol (Larry Fisher) and Robin (Ronald McKnight Sr.); and proud grandmother of Amy (Doug Barton), Bethany (John Conaty), Ronald McKnight Jr., Rebecca (Nathaniel Dorsey) and Brooke McKnight. Janet had eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her devoted husband, Norman; her parents, Herbert Randall Sr. and Rebecca Ellen (Beale) Doutt; five sisters, Helen (Nicklas), Gertrude (Ross), Geraldine (Goehring Niles), Genevieve (Snyder Christianson) and Frances (Wehr); three brothers, Herbert Randall Jr., William Ralph and Raymond Beale; and one great-grandson, Christian Ronald.
Janet lived a full life as a wonderful mother, homemaker and, in her earlier years, in the retail sector.
She especially enjoyed cooking and baking, kept an immaculate house, and her weekly outings to the bowling alley, card club and playing dominoes.
She was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, past president and life member of Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 249, Helping Hands, and a member of Ladies Auxiliary American Legion 778.
Most of all, she loved her family and instilled strong values in her daughters that served them well. She will be dearly missed and forever in our hearts.
RETTIG — Visitation for Janet (Nan) Doutt Rettig, who died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Young Funeral Home, 127 W. Jefferson St., Butler.A celebration of Janet's life will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mark's Lutheran Church with the Rev. James F. Neal officiating.Flowers or donations to Sage Park Assisted Living & Memory Care, 1701 Ball Park Road, Kissimmee, FL 34741, or Cornerstone Hospice Foundation online donations or sent to 2445 Lane Park Road, Tavares, FL 32778 are welcome.Please visit www.youngfuneralhomes.com.
