Our mom, Janet Mina (Gorsuch) Clemens was born November 13, 1930 to Wilfred and Tilly (Maginnis) Gorsuch. She married the love of her life, Kevan Clemens on October 7th, 1949, shortly after her graduation from Poynette High School. They enjoyed 58 years of marriage.

She admitted to being a naughty child and had a mischievous streak her whole life. As a child, she had to be tied to the clothesline so she would stay home. Otherwise, she would take off and would be found a block away at her dad's bus shop. She adored her dad. Another time, she was chased by a rooster into an outhouse. She dropped her glasses down the hole and her dad had to fish them out. She reluctantly had to continue wearing them after his valiant rescue effort.

Mom met Dad while they were both working at Del Monte in Arlington. She thought the guy that went by "KC" was pretty cute, and asked her brother to introduce them. Her little sister Midge was a fan of Dad's, going so far as to kick Mom in the shin for giving Dad a hard time, leaving her black and blue for a week.

Mom had a good sense of humor where Dad was often the target. When Dad worked 2nd shift, she would get bored and decide to rearrange the furniture. When he returned home, he would keep the lights off to avoid waking her, resulting in him tripping over and bumping into furniture that hadn't been there when he'd left. Mom said that she could hear him cussing under his breath while she laid in bed quietly laughing.

Once, Mom put Dad's watch through the washer and dryer. When she pulled it out of the dryer's heat, she decided to put it in the freezer to cool it off. She pulled it out later and it still worked -- Dad just said, "Timex, keeps on ticking!" Mom also took special joy in taking off fast from stop signs and braking hard when Dad had eye surgery and couldn't drive because she knew it drove him crazy.

Mom was also very stubborn. When Doug was about to be born, she was at the Arlington Festival and she went into labor. Rather than calmly asking for help, she ran all the way home to call Dad. Once Mom broke her ankle and needed to go to the doctor. Instead of accepting help from Laurie, Mom insisted on crawling on her hands and knees out to the car.

Mom and Dad owned and operated school buses in Sauk Prairie, Waunakee, and McFarland. Mom drove school bus for many, many years. She knew all the kids on her regular routes, with the kindergarten routes being her favorite. Mom was only 5'3" and around 110 lbs. and she could handle a bus with ease. Her bus had no power steering, no automatic transmission, and no power brakes. She could parallel park a school bus and always kept her bus sparkling clean. Her driving record was perfect -- no accidents, no tickets.

She was an animal lover. She was always tolerant of the animals that somehow made their way into our home. Everything from dogs, cats, and birds to an alligator, an obnoxious monkey (that only lasted about a day), to lambs, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, a horse, a pony, banty hens, piranhas, and the occasional snake or salamander. She drew the line at the baby skunk Doug brought home.

When Mom cooked, she cooked three times the amount needed. She loved to have her children's friends over and always fed them and made them feel welcome. She will be remembered for her chocolate cake and wonderful dinner rolls, which no one has been able to duplicate.

Mom was always ready and willing to care for her grandchildren. She would have walked through fire for them. She always made sure to have their favorite foods and games on hand. Her grandchildren would tell you about her airhorn. She would blow it out the back door of the house. When they heard it from across the neighborhood they knew it was time to get back to Grandma's. We're sure the neighbors loved it. There was no better way to bring a smile to Mom's face than to see her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, especially in her later years.

Mom's faith was always important to her. She and Dad were very involved with the church, Eastern Star, Masonic and Shrine. In her later years, she would talk about how much she missed Dad and was ready "for the good Lord to take her."

Mom passed away peacefully on December 12th, 2020 surrounded by her children and grandchildren.

Dad preceded her to the pearly gates in May of 2007, where he has been patiently waiting for his Janet. She was also preceded by her parents, Wilfred and Tillie Gorsuch, and her mother and father-in-law, Wallace and Edna Clemens, whom she always called Mom and Dad. Her brothers Merwyn and Gordon Gorsuch and their wives Carol and Wanda also preceded her in death.

She is survived by her children, Doug (Deb) Clemens and Laurie (Al) Miller, along with their children Casey (Charlie) Umhoefer, Brandon (Morgan) Miller, Jason (Kasey) Miller, and her great-grandchildren Jackson, Donnie, and Declan Umhoefer, Liam and Maysen Miller, and Ava, Brooklyn, Harley, Langley, Kiernan, and Baby Kevan Miller, as well as step-grandchildren Ben (Jess) Henderson and Tracy (Jesse) Ayers and their children Ellie and Isla Henderson and Braxtyn and Ryker Ayers. She is also survived by a special daughter in El Salvador, Yolanda "Irma" de Gonzalez, her husband Rafael and their children Maria (Herbert), their daughters, and Rafael, and Ana. Mom is also survived by her sister Midge (Allen) McCreedy, and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

The family is having a private service at Hooverson Funeral Home. There will be a Celebration of Life a later date.

We would like to thank Dr. Baker, Dr. Koch, and the staff at Maplewood. They truly cared for her and knew her well.