Please join the Vail family for a Celebration of Life Open House in loving memory of Janet Vail (6/15/45 – 3/27/24) on Friday, May 24 from 3:00-4:30 p.m. at the Harvest Bakery in Erie, IL. Casual attire is requested. Private burial will be in the Erie Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Erie Christian Church or the Erie Public Library.
Janet was born on June 15, 1945 in Moline, IL to Ira and Marian (Miller) Schaeffer. She attended Erie Schools before going on to beauty school. Janet married her high school sweet heart, Ronald G. Vail, on April 22, 1961 in Erie. The couple initially spent a couple of years in Dundee, IL but came back to Erie to live and raise their family. Janet was primarily a homemaker but she did enjoy driving a school van for the Erie School District for a number of years. She was a lifetime member of the Erie Christian Church. Janet loved her family and had a special bond with her grandchildren whom all adored her.
She is survived by her husband Ron; children, Susan Beswick, Greer, SC; Jeffrey (Diane) Vail, Palatine, IL, Amy Achs, Erie, and Christy Cline, Bettendorf, IA; 11 grandchildren, Haley, Sydney, Jordan, Christian, Peyton, Caleb, Darien, Carter, Chloe, Ethan, Raqib; 5 great grandchildren; and a sister, Bette Rick, Erie. She was preceded in death by both parents and sisters, Linda Brinkman and Clarice Clark.
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