October 20, 1946 – December 10, 2021
Janet Ann Bishop, 74, of Mitchell, passed away Friday, December 10, 2021, at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis with her family by her side.
Born October 20, 1946, in Bonnie, Illinois, she was the daughter of Reverend Chester A. and Bernice N. (Adams) Taylor. She married Danny W. Bishop on December 5, 1997.
Janet went to Anderson College to become a teacher and was previously employed at the Mitchell Community Library. She loved her grandkids, great-grandkids, and family gatherings. Janet enjoyed music, reading, cooking, gardening, and Elvis. She was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post. No. 9107 Auxiliary.
Survivors include her husband, Danny W. Bishop of Mitchell; children, Tammy Wright of Bedford, Tonya Carroll of Medora, Lewis (Heidi) Johnson of Terre Haute; stepdaughter, Kimberly (Nathan) Canada of Wheelersburg, Ohio; grandchildren, Adam (Nick) Vestor-Wright, Amber (Michael) Sciscoe, Bryan (Jenn) Johnson, Heather Penrose, Latosha Johnson, Aaron Johnson, Dylan Johnson, Shayla Johnson, Sabrinalee Johnson, and Paige Primrose; 15 great-grandchildren; siblings, Brenda Smith, Akron, Ohio, Joy (Danny) Sloane, Streator, Illinois, Betty (Robert) Schaffers of Remlap, Alabama. Aaron Taylor of Sapulpa, Oklahoma
Her parents and three grandchildren preceded her in death.
The funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 18, in the Memorial Chapel of Chastain Funeral Home & Cremation Center with Pastor Darin Bowlen officiating. The burial will be in Talbott Cemetery. Friends and family are invited to gather at the Mitchell Community Center following the service.
The family will receive friends from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Friday and from 10:00 a.m. until the service on Saturday at the funeral home.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.chastainfuneralhome.com.
