Janet Lee (Covert) Sniezek, 91, of Beaverton, Oregon, passed away at Hearthstone at Murrayhill Senior Living, in Beaverton, Oregon, on Sunday, December 3, 2023.
Born February 2, 1932 in Butler, PA, she was the daughter of the late Wilbert and Edwinna (Wagner) Boyer.
Janet was a graduate of Butler High School. She was involved in many organizations in the Butler area through the years and owned a floral design company, “Naturally Yours” until she retired in 1998. Janet enjoyed gardening, floral arranging, and cooking. She moved to Oregon in 2016 to be closer to her daughter but always felt her roots were in Pennsylvania.
She is survived by her two daughters, Cathy Tuma and Amy McVey; her two sons, David Covert and Paul Covert; her three step-sons, Daniel Sniezek, David Sniezek, and Stanley Sniezek; her brother, Larry Boyer; her sister-in-law, Marilyn Boyer; as well as by her eight grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and her two sisters, Doris Yough and Thelma Whiteside, Janet was preceded in death by her first husband, Paul W. Covert, whom she married in 1950, and who passed away in 1970; and her second husband, Edward Sniezek, whom she married in 1976, and who passed away in 2000.
Friends and Family will be received on Friday, December 15, 2023, from 10:00am until noon at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, PA 16001. A Funeral Service for family only will follow immediately after the visitation.
Private interment will take place in Glade Run Cemetery.
All who knew Janet are encouraged to share memories of her and upload photos to her remembrance page at www.thompson-miller.com.