Mrs. Janet Elaine Hobbes Konchar

Janet Elaine Hobbes Konchar, 73, of Asheville, died Monday, April 12, 2010 after a courageous five and half year battle with pancreatic cancer. Born April 7, 1937 in Danville, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late R. Orvis and Eleanor Ditzler Hobbes. Janet was a 1955 graduate of Montandon High School in Montandon, PA, and a 1959 graduate of The Pennsylvania State University with a BS Degree in Institutional Administration. She began a fifty-year career in the dietary profession, serving an internship at University Hospitals in Cleveland, and later having worked as a Registered Dietician and Nutritionist at St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem, PA, and the Medical Center of Beaver, PA. In 1999, she received a Master of Science Degree in Organizational Development from Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA. Upon moving to Asheville, North Carolina in 2000, she worked for Mission Hospitals retiring in September 2009. Janet was a member of The Parish of St. Eugene, the American Diabetic Association, was a Certified Diabetic Educator, and a Medical Weight Management Nutritionist. While at Penn State, she met the love of her life in 1957, and on July 2, 1960, Janet married Frank H. Konchar. They would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this summer. Surviving in addition to her husband, are her four children, Frank Martin Konchar, his wife, Judy, and their children, Natalie Eleanor and Noelle Elizabeth of Etters, PA; Sonya Janette Konchar Mengel, her husband, Robert, and their children, James Robert and Steven Anthony of Beaver, PA; Mark Douglas Konchar, his wife, Jennifer,and their children, Bella Rose and Casey Hobbes of Fairfax, VA; and Katie Marie Konchar of Madison, WI. A Brother, Robert O. Hobbes, his wife, Lucille, of Tunkhannock, PA and their sons, Robert, Larry, Wayne, and Glen; A sister, Carol Mae Golden, her husband, Patrick, of Venice, FL, and their sons, Dale and Kyle. A Prayer Service and a time of remembrance will be held Friday evening, April 16 at 7 o’clock at the Morris Funeral Home with the family receiving friends following the service until 8:30 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial and a Celebration of Janet’s Life will be held Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 1 o’clock at Saint Eugene Catholic Church with Father Ed Sheridan, Rev. Stephen Denig and Deacon Mike Zboyovski as the Celebrants. Inurnment will follow in the Church Columbarium and a Reception with family and friends will follow at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorials be made in memory of Janet E. Konchar to Care Partners Hospice and Palliative Care, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813. Morris Funeral Home is assisting the Konchar Family. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.morrisfamilyfuneralhome.com

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Mrs. Janet Elaine Hobbes Konchar

April 7, 1937 - April 12, 2010