She was born September 26, 1941, at Blue Earth, the daughter of Waldemar & Elsie (Marks) Schewe. She graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1959. After graduating she started working for Blue Earth Valley Telephone Company as a switch board operator until 1961.On November 19, 1961 she married Orin Meyer at the Immanuel Lutheran Church. In 1987 she started working at St. Luke''s Lutheran Care Center as a dietary Aide retiring in 2007. Janette was proud to be a domestic engineer raising their 2 girls Heidi, and Jodi. She was also very involved with the church as a lifetime member of the Immanuel Lutheran Lady''s Aide, the church secretary from 1996 until her passing, and was a social butterfly.She is survived by her Daughter, Jodi & Rodney Blanck of Vernon Center, her daughter, Heidi & Gene Fenske of Harris, IA, her brother, Loren Schewe of Blue Earth, her sister Mary Ann & Steve Brosnan of Algona, IA, 7 grandchildren, and 1 great grandson.She was preceded in death by her husband Orin Meyer, parents Waldemar & Elsie Schewe, and brother Vern Schewe.