Janet Grace Langston, a 45-year resident of Snowflake, passed away with her family by her side on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Cedar City, Utah. A viewing will be held at 12 noon on Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Main Street Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Snowflake. The funeral will immediately follow at 1 p.m. She was born Jan. 23, 1937, in Grand Junction, Colo., to Cullen Edward and Grace Christenia Thompson. She lived on a ranch near Phippsburg, Colo., until she was 5 when the family moved to Kanab, Utah, Barstow, Calif., and later to Casa Grande. She graduated from Casa Grande High School with the Class of 1955. Janet worked in the movie theaters in Casa Grande and as a receptionist for her brother’s chiropractic office in Flagstaff. During this time, she met and married John Keith Langston from Flagstaff. They were sealed for time and eternity in the Mesa Arizona LDS Temple on May 11, 1962. They lived in Georgia and Kentucky while Keith was in the Army, after which they moved to St. George, Utah, and finally to Snowflake. In Snowflake she worked as a caregiver for the elderly, in the lunch room for the Snowflake School District, and, most importantly, as a homemaker, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother to her eight children, 26 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. Janet was a loving and happy woman who brought joy to the lives of all she knew, and happiness to everyone she came in contact with. She served faithfully through the years in many callings in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, always ready to help and lift another with her kind acts of love and service. Surviving relatives include her husband, Keith Langston of Snowflake; her children, Daniel Langston of Hotchkiss, Colo., Mavra Parastino (Ray) of Washington, Utah, Daidri Macdonald (Jon) of Phoenix, Roene Bjerga (Lasse) of Cedar City, Utah, Cullaine Boone (Mike) of Cedar City, Kalon Langston (Bonni) of Cedar City, Aleta Zufelt (Allen) of Flagstaff, Lael Langston of Paonia; and her sister, Gleda Slover of Glendale. She was preceded in death by granddaughter Alyssa Parastino, her parents, her older brother Lester Thompson and her younger sister Nancy DeWitt. Norvel Owens Mortuary of Flagstaff was in charge of the arrangements.
