She loved theatre, gardening, Canadian literature, and playing bridge. She was intensely political, knocking on doors for the local Liberal candidate in every election over many decades. A life-long downhill skier, she took her last run down the slopes of the Eastern townships at 80. Janette was an active member of the University Women Clubs in Woodstock and Cobourg for over 50 years. In 2005 Janette was presented with an Ontario Volunteer Service Award for her work with the Willow Beach Field Naturalists and the Victoria Hall Volunteers. She was interested in local history, culture, and architecture, serving on several library and architectural preservation Boards. She was a committed environmentalist and bird watcher, supporting a wide range of groups, from backyard bird counts to land conservation. She applied these values throughout her life, building a broad and meaningful web of friends, causes, and volunteer projects. Janette came from a loving home where simple values of honesty, hard work, and community service were important. She eventually returned to teaching, retiring from her career with the Northumberland County Board of Education, in 2000. She spent many years working as a mom, raising her busy family. She finally settled in Cobourg, where she lived since 1990.

With her growing family, she moved to Pembroke and then Woodstock, Ontario. Janette grew up in Dundalk, ON, graduating with a degree in history from Victoria College at the University of Toronto in 1962. She will be missed by a wide circle of loyal friends from the many places in her life. She was a devoted but firm grandmother to nine grandchildren, all of whom benefitted greatly from her interest in their education and well-being: Amelia, Jacob, Edward, Sékouba, Noah, Henry, Francis, Adrian, and Eleanor. Daughter of the late Robert and Margaret Lindsay (née McKenzie) of Dundalk, ON, Janette was predeceased by her son D'Arcy Johnston in December 2021. Janette was deeply loved and will be missed by daughters, Kathleen, Heather and Sarah Johnston, daughter-in-law Carrah Johnston, and brothers Ian and Alec Lindsay, and their families. Born January 19, 1940, in Collingwood, ON, died in Cobourg, ON, on May 29, 2022.

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