Janet Yvonne Heslep (76) of Effingham
Published on January 2 2023 4:14 pm
Janet Yvonne Heslep, age 76, of Effingham, Illinois passed away at 8:14 p.m. Friday, December 30, 2022 at Lakeland Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Effingham.
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Janet was born on May 26, 1946 at home in West Virginia, the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Bailey) O’Dell. She married John A. Heslep Sr. in 1977 in West Virginia. Janet loved to sing and was the singer in a band with her siblings in West Virginia. Her main focus and pride was her family.
She is survived by her sons, Sean Fowler (wife Rachel) of Burnsville, West Virginia, Kevin Wood of Princeton, West Virginia, and John Heslep Jr. of Athens, West Virginia; daughter, Tammy Yingst (husband Eric) of Farina; brothers, Charles O’Dell of Riverdale, Maryland and Gary Dean O’Dell of Kegley, West Virginia; sisters, Garnet Hale (husband Rick) of Campbell, Kentucky and Ann Huffman (husband Lonnie) of Kegley, West Virginia; 7 grandchildren and 3 greatgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Elizabeth O’Dell; husband, John Heslep Sr.; son, Benjamin Fowler; brothers, Ronnie in infancy, Robert, Lewis, Wayne, Everett, Curtis and Richard O’Dell, and one sister, Carolyn O’Dell.