Janet R. Schnoor

Janet R. Schnoor, age 83, an Easton resident, died on June 9, 2007. She was the only child of Agnes and John R. Rawlings. She was born and spent most of her life in Annapolis, MD. She lived on a farm near Crownsville Road and Defense Highway, and when it was time for her to attend grade school, they built a home on Locust Avenue, in Annapolis. Janet spent many summers at their “summer home” on Harness Creek. She always spoke of great memories on Harness Creek, where her father taught her how to swim and how she was allowed to take the row boat out. She enjoyed hard crabbing, soft crabbing, boating, swimming, sitting on the front porch with friends and family and eating the crabs they caught that day. Janet graduated from Annapolis Senior High School, and began working at the Annapolis Yacht Yard as a secretary. This was during war time, so she also spent many hours working with the Red Cross. It was at the Annapolis Yacht Yard (which later became Trumpy’s Boat Yard) in Eastport, MD, where Janet met Werner George Schnoor. They were married on May 1, 1948 (he was a boat builder). At that time she was working as a legal secretary, up until the birth of her first born. She was a homemaker for several years, and then returned to work for an attorney’s office part-time. Later, she took a full-time position and then retired with the State of Maryland at the Comptrollers Office, the Department of Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division. Janet enjoyed “simple pleasures.” She said that the greatest gift given to her during her lifetime were her children and grandchildren. She was a very detailed and organized person, and a very caring person, always caring for family members, especially her mom, who lived to be 101, her husband, who had congestive heart failure and emphysema), and her grandchildren. Janet loved the outdoors -- the water, swimming, crabbing, and boating. She loved feeding and watching the birds in her backyard. She always admired paintings, and would love to go to the art museum or watch television shows about artists. She also loved to work in the yard and loved flowers. She would always have a few tomato plants every summer. Janet also loved dogs, including Frisky (a mutt), Roscoe (a poodle she got from poodle rescue), and, her most recent, Abbie (a Westie). She also enjoyed shopping, and especially at craft shows and antique shops. She loved family heirloom and compiled lots of information on family history, as well as pictures of family members. Janet also loved crossword puzzles; she did them every morning while drinking her coffee. She is survived by a son and his wife, Steven J. and Hazel E. Schnoor of Annapolis, MD; a daughter and her husband Kathie S. and Michael G. Madigan of Goldsboro, MD; and three grandchildren, Lucas Madigan of Goldsboro, MD, Ryan Madigan of Denton, MD, and Michelle Schnoor of Lothian, MD. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Werner, in April of 2000 and her son, David W. Schnoor, in 1959. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, June 12, 2007, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at Fleegle and Helfenbein Funeral Home, 106 West Sunset Avenue, Greensboro, MD 21639. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, June 13, 2007, at 12:00 PM, from Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Cremation and Funeral Care, P.A., 814 Bestgate Road, Annapolis, MD 21401. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow the service at Cedar Bluff Cemetery, Annapolis, MD.