Janet Jean Hieger lost her long battle with cancer on Wednesday, November 29th. Janet was born in Huntsville Alabama on January 5th, 1966, daughter to Robert and Mary Ann Gnagey. The family moved around with her Father’s employer (Boeing) before settling in Derby KS in 1973. She attended Kansas State University and Wichita State University where she received her degree in Marketing. For the last 20 years, Janet was a Group Sales representative for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas based in the Salina Office. Janet and her first husband, Brad, gave birth to their daughter, Kennedy Ann Lancaster, on September 22nd, 1998. Janet married her husband, Stuart Hieger on July 11th, 2009, on the beach in the Bahamas with their three children. Janet and her husband were avid travelers together and with their children. Janet loved music and lived life to the fullest. Janet was a wonderful mother, amazing wife, and a great friend.
Survivors include: her husband, Stuart Hieger, daughter, Kennedy Ann Lancaster, step-daughter, Paige Marie Hieger, and step-son, Samuel Alan Hieger, mother, Mary Ann Gnagey (Derby, KS), sister Lee Ann Wing and husband Matt (LaConner, WA)
Preceded in death: father, Robert Gnagey, 2003
Memorial Services will be Friday, December 8th at 10:30 a.m. at the Webster Conference Center, 2601 N. Ohio, Salina, KS. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Tammy Walker Cancer Center, Salina, KS.