Janet Nadine Candelaria O’Connor was born on Dec. 7, 1944, in Phoenix to David and Cora Candelaria and passed away Dec. 4, 2018. Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 7, at Compassion Mortuary, located at 120 Third St. in Grants. Burial at the Ice Caves will follow the service. She grew up at the Ice Caves near Grants, N.M., and attended Grants High School. Janet attended Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and Northland Pioneer College in Holbrook. She achieved an associate degree in Early Childhood Education. Janet opened her own preschool, Kiddie Korner Preschool in Holbrook where she taught for 15 years. She later opened another preschool, Cinder Hill Preschool, at the Ice Caves. She also taught briefly at the NMSU preschool, Creative Activities in 2004. Janet was an advocate for children and their education for her entire adult life. She was a teacher, Girl Scout leader, writer and artist. She is survived by her husband, James, T. O’Connor; and her three daughters, Kathleen O’Connor, Marcie Bradley and Lora Marshall; two grandsons, Jacob Alford and Ryan Alford; and two sisters, Debbie Reinschmidt and Betsy Reinschmidt.