Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Janet Buening

(From Parker Mortuary)

Janet Goswick Buening, 58, of Diamond, Mo joined our daughter, Leiton on the beaches of Heaven on Sunday May 12, 2019. Janet was a breast cancer survivor.

Janet is survived by her best friend and love of her life William (Bill) Buening , four awesome daughters, Hannah Williams and husband Austin of Neosho, Jennifer Howard and husband Josh of Diamond, Veronica McCloskey and husband Kevin of Kansas City, Ashley Hooper and husband Chris of Eden, NC. She is also survived by seven beautiful grandbabies that were the pride and joy of her life, Augustus Williams, Kamryn McCloskey, Andrew Howard, Theo Howard, Jordyn McCloskey, Christopher Hopper, Alex Hopper. Her time with her grandbabies was the highlights of her life.

Additional survivors include: her Mother, Judy Turner of Joplin, sister Julie Fisher and husband Floyd of Joplin, stepmother Marilyn Goswick of Osage Beach, MO, stepbrothers David Love and wife Vicky of Shawnee, Ks, Ed Love and wife Roberta of St. Louis, stepsister Debbie Guadette and husband Kevin of Joplin.

Janet was preceded in death by her daughter Leiton Goswick Carr-Buening, father Gary Goswick, twin sister Janie Parker, stepfather Gene Turner, maternal grandparents Mary and Bud Legg, paternal grandparents Johnny and Pauline Goswick.

Bill and Janet met March 20th, 1998 and after a year long relationship were married March 18, 1999. Janet was always the perfect navigator on trips and although they sometimes didn’t end up where they were going they enjoyed their time traveling. She and Bill traveled together to all 48 continental states, Jamaica, Mexico, Canada, and enjoyed several cruises. She enjoyed the motorcycle trips with friends and weekend rides with Bill. She was an avid bowler and participated in numerous State and National Competition and enjoyed bowling with her friends and family. A true diehard Kansas City Chiefs football fan, as a season ticket holder she enjoyed going to Arrowhead for tailgating and games. It usually took a couple of days to get her voice back after the games, she loved being a very loud and fun fan especially at a game in Tampa Bay while surrounded by Bucs fans. Her house was always decorated in Chiefs red and gold during football season.

As a devoted mom and wife she enjoyed preparing family meals, but only knew how to cook for an army! Her love for life included having a house full of kids and animals, including making sure all of the neighborhood strays had food to eat. As a mother to four girls there was never a dull moment, sports, cheer, band, she made time for it all and helped with fundraising, doing hair, making sure appropriate clothes were clean, feeding everyone before practices/games/concerts, and always packing the best snacks for road trips. She was always willing to volunteer to travel with the girls on school trips, and enjoyed going to the high school sporting events to watch the girls cheer and to help cheer on the Diamond Wildcats. One of her greatest pleasures was spending time in the sun whether it was being at the beach, out by her pool, or going out on the boat at the lake. She loved having pool parties and having everyone over for family cookouts.

Memorial service will be Friday, May 17, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. at St. Philip Episcopal Church with Father Frank Sierra officiating.

Her ashes will be laid to rest with her daughter Leiton at a later date in Mount Hope Cemetery, Webb City.

The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Faithful Friends in Neosho, Missouri.

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