Obituary of Janet Chenard

Janet Norma (Dancause) Chenard, 92, of Glastonbury died peacefully Wednesday July 26, 2013 at the Glastonbury Health Care Center. Janet was born on August 10, 1920, in Biddeford, Maine. She was the eldest daughter of George Dancause and Eva Painchaud. Janet grew up in Biddeford, attended local schools where she excelled on the debate team and went to work in an optometrist's office. Janet married Robert Chenard, her high school sweetheart, while he was on leave from WWII in October of 1942. Bobby, Janet and the boys left Maine and spent the next 43 years living in Worcester. Janet raised the three boys, got her real estate license, worked in retail sales and banking. Janet and Bob moved to Connecticut in 2001. Janet was an avid reader and always on top of world events and the latest fashions. Janet was a strong woman who always demanded what was right. Her sense of fun and dedication to family will be missed by all. Janet was pre-deceased by her husband Robert Eastman Chenard of Glastonbury. Janet leaves three sons and their spouses; Richard and Lynn Chenard of Highlands Ranch, Colorado; Martin and Cindy Chenard of Morganton, North Carolina; Peter and Victoria Chenard of Glastonbury, Connecticut; seven grandchildren, Todd Chenard, Jennifer Steinman, Jonathan Chenard, Catherine Chenard, Kristofer Chenard, Katherine Chenard and Erica Chenard; two great grandsons, Tucker Chenard and Devin Anand. Janet also leaves her brother Raymond Dancause and is predeceased by her brother George Dancause and her sister Doris Wagner. Janet was very close to Robert's siblings, Francis Callahan, Alice Casavant, Philip Chenard, Beverly Mooney, Sister Ann Paul Chenard, Patricia and Don Pinette as well as her many nieces and nephews mostly from the Biddeford, Maine area. A mass and graveside ceremony is being planned for the fall and will be held in Biddeford, Maine. For online condolences please visit www.mulryanfh.com.