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Janet E. Bryant

July 19, 1949 – Sept. 7, 2022

Janet Elaine (Ford) Bryant, loving mom and wife, of Crawfordsville passed away Wednesday morning at Brooke Knoll Village in Avon.  She was 73.

Born July 19, 1949, in Williamsport, she was the daughter of Ralph Edwin Ford and Ruth Virginia (Lucas) Ford. 

She graduated from Boswell High School in 1967 and earned a diploma as a dental assistant from the Harry E. Wood Vocational School.  She married Gregory Lee Bryant on Feb. 12, 1972, at the Boswell Church of Christ.  He passed away Aug. 19, 2016.

Mrs. Bryant worked at the Myers Dental Clinic in Attica from 1968-1972 and R. R. Donnelley, as an invoice processor from 1990-1998.  She was a member of the Montgomery County Art League and Psi Iota Xi, Gamma Chapter.

Survivors include her son, Charles Bryant and his wife, Scotti of Austin, Texas, with their children, Katherine and Thomas Bryant; daughter, Margaret Bryant of Crawfordsville with her children, Nicholas, Gavin, and Dylan Wolcott; son, Benjamin Bryant of Petaluma, Calif.; brother, John Ford with his companion, Marty Dietrick, of Lafayette; sister, Laura Lee Jones with her husband Gary, of Boswell.

She was preceded in death by her husband and parents.

Private burial will take place at Oak Hill Cemetery North, with services led by Pastor Brian Campbell.  A gathering to remember and celebrate the life of Janet Bryant will be held Sept. 19, from 4 – 6 p.m. at Burkhart Funeral Home, 201 W. Wabash Ave.

Memorial donations can be made to either the Montgomery County Art League, P.O. Box 2, Crawfordsville, IN 47933, or Psi Iota Xi, Gamma Xi Chapter, P.O. Box 925, Crawfordsville, IN 47933.