Unexpectedly, and with her loving family by her side, Janet Edna Partridge, 83, of Dorchester, passed away at the Moncton Hospital on July 29, 2017.  Janet was born in Dorchester, a daughter of the late Maurice and Sadie (Mosher) Spidle.

She was a member of the former Dorchester First Baptist Church where she was clerk and organist for many years, then a member of the Middle Sackville Baptist Church. 

Janet began as a teacher in Upper Cape, and then the Dorchester Consolidated School, stopping to raise her family while continuing to supply teach. She was a dominion life member of the Women's Missionary Society and helped at many Dorchester Fire Department activities for several years.

Janet was a strong supporter of her husband and an active and loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother.

She will be sadly missed by her husband of 65 years, Ernest, Dorchester;  two sons, Andrew (Mary), Dorchester and Greg (Louise), Dorchester; four daughters, Joanne (David) Sumner, Lakefield, ON, Bonnie (Lloyd) Bachinsky, Edmonton, AB, Cheryl (Stephen) Estabrooks, Middle Sackville, and Donna (Justin Fournier) Cormier, Dorchester; sixteen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren.

Besides her parents, Janet was predeceased by an infant son, Jeffrey and a son, Robert; sisters Bertha and Myra; brothers Laurimer and Meredith; a daughter-in-law, Lorna, and a son-in-law, Raymond Cormier.

Arrangements are under the care and guidance of Jones Funeral Home, 70 Bridge Street, Sackville (506-364-1300) from where family and friends are invited for visitation 2-4 and 6-8 pm on Wednesday, August 2, 2017.  A funeral service will take place at the Middle Sackville Baptist Church on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 2 pm, with a burial to follow in the Dorchester Rural Cemetery.

Donations in memory of Janet may be made to Dorchester Volunteer Fire Department, Middle Sackville Baptist Church or a charity of the Donor's Choice

Condolences and sharing of memories can be sent to the family by visiting Janet's online memorial at www.jonesfuneralhome.ca or through the Jones Funeral Home Facebook Page.