Janet McMullen Conger
Former Washington resident
Janet McMullen Conger, 70, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2013, in her home in Northport, Ala.
She was born August 7, 1942, in Washington, a daughter of the late Glenn and Elsie Smith McMullen.
Mrs. Conger grew up in Washington, where she graduated from Trinity High School in 1960. After high school, she attended John Robert Powers Modeling School in Pittsburgh.
She worked in the photography department at the Observer-Reporter.
In July 1962, she married David O. Conger III in Fort Bragg, N.C.
Mrs. Conger moved to St. Petersburg Beach, Fla., where she worked with her husband and father-in-law in a retail potato chip business. She then became one of the first “Guide Girls” for Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. Later, she became the first female printer employed by Tape & Label Engineering Co. in St. Petersburg.
After moving to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, in 1968, she designed and made clothing for renowned silk-screen artist Jim Tillett. These items were sold in his boutique at what is now Tillett Gardens in St Thomas.
After returning to Florida in 1972, she lived in Fort Myers, Orlando and Ocala, Fla. She then moved to Pikeville, Tenn., where she loved living in the mountains.
After becoming ill in 2009, she moved to Northport to be closer to her daughter’s family.
She was a wonderful wife and mother.
Mrs. Conger accepted Christ into her life as a child.
Surviving are her spouse, David of Northport; daughter Susan (Tommy) Rosenstiel of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and grandchildren Henry and Elizabeth.
Prior to her death, she made more than 550 knit hats for cancer patients and nurses in Tuscaloosa.
A celebration of Mrs. Conger’s life will be held graveside at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 25, in Rigsby Cemetery on Wooden Loop Road, Pikeville.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests you do something for someone you love.
Arrangements are entrusted to Pikeville Funeral Home.