Janet L. Graves

Janet L. Graves, 76, of South Sioux City, NE passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at a Sioux City hospital.Celebration of Life services will be at 6:30 P.M. on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at Mohr Funeral Home in South Sioux City, NE. Visitation with the family present will begin at 5:00 P.M. Thursday at the funeral home.Janet was born December 1, 1942 in Sioux City, IA, the daughter of Lawerence and Myrtle (Johnson) Weber. She grew up in Sioux City. Janet married Ernest Graves on December 23, 1968 in Sergeant Bluff, IA. The couple settled in Sioux City before moving to South Sioux City in 1977. Together they raised three children. She worked at IBP for 46 years and Dollar Tree for 7 years.She was a member of the United Food Workers Union Local 222. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and also enjoyed sewing, working crossword puzzles, baking, Husker football, and was an avid reader.Survivors include her children, Carol Graves, Pamela Graves, Ernest "Buddy" Graves, Jr. (Michelle Jones), Heidi (Scott) Kolleck, and Nelson (Rita) Wilson; grandchildren, Marisa (Tanner) Knop, Colby, Kayden, and Jerad Graves, Cassie Jones, Will, Xander, and Noah Kolleck, and Trey and DJ Wilson; great-grandsons, Levi and Layton Knop; sisters, Judy Milner, Sharon (Roger) Kann; brother, Gary Weber; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, cousins, friends, and extended family.She was preceded in death by her parents, Lawerence and Myrtle Weber; her husband, Ernest Graves,Sr.; a brother, Terry Weber; sisters, Pat Andersen, Shirley Leyk, and Nancy Rowe; and granddaughter, Mackenzie Kolleck.