Janet M. Fruits

Sept. 29, 1942-Jan. 17, 2022

Janet M. Fruits of New Market passed away Monday morning at the age of 79.

Born Sept. 29, 1942, she was the daughter of Max J. Mitchell and Dorothy Martin Mitchell.  She married Gary Fruits on Feb. 25, 1961 at her parent’s farm near Browns Valley.

Mrs. Fruits graduated from Waveland High School in 1960.  She worked at R.R. Donnelley and spent 40 years with the Southmont School Corporation. She was an avid sports fan throughout her life, starting at a young age with her brothers and continuing as she enthusiastically supported her sons while they competed. She had a passion for the decades of kids that she met throughout her career, and enjoyed reading, working on her yard, and IU basketball.

Survivors include her husband, Gary Fruits; four sons, Ray (Crissa) Fruits, Phil (Anita) Fruits, Kevin Fruits and Steve (Greg) Fruits; brother, Jim Mitchell; five grandchildren, Braden, Kellan, Brad, John and Nick; three great-grandchildren, Logan, Mia and Jolene.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Jack and Jon Mitchell.

In keeping with her wishes, there will not be any public services.  She will be cremated and her ashes laid to rest at Indian Creek Hill Cemetery at a later date.  Arrangements were entrusted to Burkhart Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be made at www.BurkhartFH.com.