Submitted by Fran Olson Gustafson 1965 <fgustafson917@gmail.com>
on 14/Mar/2019 184.103.194.87
Janet
Zickler Di Bello of Montgomery, NY Surrounded by the comfort of her family,
moved to the elusive and greener pastures of the Lord, on (03-08-2019). As the
daughter and granddaughter of proud Orange County Dairy Farmers and dedicated
Public School Teachers, Janet was as comfortable on a Farmall Tractor as she was
teaching the merits of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" to the students of
the Valley Central High School. In the role of The Public School Teacher,
Zickler women found it a short walk from the dairy to the classroom: Vivian
Zickler Christian 30 years, Newburgh City Schools, et.al.; Mina Law Zickler, a
renowned 30 years Greenville's one-room school house, et.al. Susan Zickler
Vanderburgh, 32 years Valley Central Schools, et.al., a legendary first grade
teacher Alexandria Zickler, 50 years, Montgomery Central School. Daughter,
Laurie-Kay Lare Hoeffner continues a dedicated family's mission at Cornwall
Central. Janet was a graduate of the State University of New York, New Paltz
(1965). After three years of teaching at Newburgh Free Academy, she took a short
hiatus for child care. A member of the National Honor Society, Janet was a 1961
graduate of Valley Central High School. She returned to her true love VC,
teaching literature for an additional 27 years. She was Advisor to the varsity
cheerleading squad, Advisor to the Viking Log (under Janet's direction an
award-winning high school publication and the first to be computer composed and
submitted). Additionally, she was Advisor to the high school's newspaper,
"Viking Voice," as well as the award-winning literary and art publication
"Revelation." W. B Yeats' "Surely some revelation is at hand;" Janet was
additionally a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Montgomery for a period
of sixty-one years, where she served on session for three years and was the
editor of the church's newsletter, while knitting hats and mittens for church
fairs. In the days of conservative school budgets, Janet taught many of the
cheerleading squad members to knit (an additional passion of Janet's). That
summer the squad knitted its own VC sweaters for the approaching football
season. Included in her extensive repertoire were heirloom-quality knitted
dolls. Some shipped to locations as remote as São Paulo, Brazil. Similarly, at
Valley Central she was a major contributor to VC's once famous Antique and Art
Show. She frequently was in charge of the kitchen and refreshment area. For the
farm girl, who loved those square dances at Cronomer Valley, Janet was
"Country!" She could never get way from agriculture and was co-owner and most
ambitious field hand of Riverview Acres, a purveyor of organic vegetables and a
noted participant in New York's City's Green Market. Pardon the use of a
hackneyed cliché, "You could take Janet off the farm, but you could never take
the farm out of Janet!" As retirement appeared on her horizon, it became more
noticeable: Janet was a diversified individual who branched into activities she
found to be of interest, i.e., travel to exotic tropical islands in the dead of
winter. Thus, she and a life-long friend opened Montgomery Travel, an agency she
eventually owned and at its conclusion was its C.E.O. Janet Zickler Di Bello is
survived by her husband, Joseph A. Di Bello; brother, Jack Zickler, Afton, NY;
children: Scott W. Lare, wife Molsey, and children Jayen and Kayla; Laurie-Kay
Lare Hoefner, husband Thomas, and children Sarah and Daniel;Laura Di Bello and
children Elsia Pisana and Sophia Pisana; and Lisa Di Bello. She was predeceased
by her parents, George E. and Mina Law Zickler; her siblings, George Zickler
"Sonny," Chestertown; Alexandria Zickler Murray "Sis" Bible Hill,NS; Vivian
Zickler Christian, Montgomery and Bruce G. Zickler, Montgomery. For high school
principals of a mostly forgotten golden era: Janet Zickler Di Bellowas the kind
of teacher you hired and then got out of her way! Accolades are due Kim Eck, LPN,
and the dedicated staff of the staff of the Montgomery Nursing Home, a safe
harbor where Janet was welcomed by its kindhearts and gentle people for a period
of six years. She will be missed by nieces and nephews, her beyond-the-call BFF,
Carol Brown Moore and her family's unrelenting friend and caregiver Joy
LaRiviere. "Surely some revelation is at hand;" for a greater misfortune falls
on those students who will never know her wit, work ethic, charm and some of the
dumbest puns ever known. There will be no visitation. Planned for Saturday, May
25, at 2 p.m., is a memorial celebration of Janet's life at the Goodwill
Evangelical Presbyterian Church. It is the strictest wish of Janet and the
family that contributions, be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, 322
8th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001, in lieu of flowers. Arrangements were
made by Millspaugh Funeral Directors. For directions or condolences please visit
www.millspaughfuneralhome.com
- February 15, 1943 - March 8, 2019
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Janet
Zickler Di Bello of Montgomery, NY Surrounded by the comfort of her family,
moved to the elusive and greener pastures of the Lord, on (03-08-2019). As the
daughter and granddaughter of proud Orange County Dairy Farmers and dedicated
Public School Teachers, Janet was as comfortable on a Farmall Tractor as she was
teaching the merits of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" to the students of
the Valley Central High School. In the role of The Public School Teacher,
Zickler women found it a short walk from the dairy to the classroom: Vivian
Zickler Christian 30 years, Newburgh City Schools, et.al.; Mina Law Zickler, a
renowned 30 years Greenville's one-room school house, et.al. Susan Zickler
Vanderburgh, 32 years Valley Central Schools, et.al., a legendary first grade
teacher Alexandria Zickler, 50 years, Montgomery Central School. Daughter,
Laurie-Kay Lare Hoeffner continues a dedicated family's mission at Cornwall
Central. Janet was a graduate of the State University of New York, New Paltz
(1965). After three years of teaching at Newburgh Free Academy, she took a short
hiatus for child care. A member of the National Honor Society, Janet was a 1961
graduate of Valley Central High School. She returned to her true love VC,
teaching literature for an additional 27 years. She was Advisor to the varsity
cheerleading squad, Advisor to the Viking Log (under Janet's direction an
award-winning high school publication and the first to be computer composed and
submitted). Additionally, she was Advisor to the high school's newspaper,
"Viking Voice," as well as the award-winning literary and art publication
"Revelation." W. B Yeats' "Surely some revelation is at hand;" Janet was
additionally a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Montgomery for a period
of sixty-one years, where she served on session for three years and was the
editor of the church's newsletter, while knitting hats and mittens for church
fairs. In the days of conservative school budgets, Janet taught many of the
cheerleading squad members to knit (an additional passion of Janet's). That
summer the squad knitted its own VC sweaters for the approaching football
season. Included in her extensive repertoire were heirloom-quality knitted
dolls. Some shipped to locations as remote as São Paulo, Brazil. Similarly, at
Valley Central she was a major contributor to VC's once famous Antique and Art
Show. She frequently was in charge of the kitchen and refreshment area. For the
farm girl, who loved those square dances at Cronomer Valley, Janet was
"Country!" She could never get way from agriculture and was co-owner and most
ambitious field hand of Riverview Acres, a purveyor of organic vegetables and a
noted participant in New York's City's Green Market. Pardon the use of a
hackneyed cliché, "You could take Janet off the farm, but you could never take
the farm out of Janet!" As retirement appeared on her horizon, it became more
noticeable: Janet was a diversified individual who branched into activities she
found to be of interest, i.e., travel to exotic tropical islands in the dead of
winter. Thus, she and a life-long friend opened Montgomery Travel, an agency she
eventually owned and at its conclusion was its C.E.O. Janet Zickler Di Bello is
survived by her husband, Joseph A. Di Bello; brother, Jack Zickler, Afton, NY;
children: Scott W. Lare, wife Molsey, and children Jayen and Kayla; Laurie-Kay
Lare Hoefner, husband Thomas, and children Sarah and Daniel;Laura Di Bello and
children Elsia Pisana and Sophia Pisana; and Lisa Di Bello. She was predeceased
by her parents, George E. and Mina Law Zickler; her siblings, George Zickler
"Sonny," Chestertown; Alexandria Zickler Murray "Sis" Bible Hill,NS; Vivian
Zickler Christian, Montgomery and Bruce G. Zickler, Montgomery. For high school
principals of a mostly forgotten golden era: Janet Zickler Di Bellowas the kind
of teacher you hired and then got out of her way! Accolades are due Kim Eck, LPN,
and the dedicated staff of the staff of the Montgomery Nursing Home, a safe
harbor where Janet was welcomed by its kindhearts and gentle people for a period
of six years. She will be missed by nieces and nephews, her beyond-the-call BFF,
Carol Brown Moore and her family's unrelenting friend and caregiver Joy
LaRiviere. "Surely some revelation is at hand;" for a greater misfortune falls
on those students who will never know her wit, work ethic, charm and some of the
dumbest puns ever known. There will be no visitation. Planned for Saturday, May
25, at 2 p.m., is a memorial celebration of Janet's life at the Goodwill
Evangelical Presbyterian Church. It is the strictest wish of Janet and the
family that contributions, be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, 322
8th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001, in lieu of flowers. Arrangements were
made by Millspaugh Funeral Directors. For directions or condolences please visit
