Janet L. Einstein
Janet Shockey Einstein, age 99, passed from this life to life eternal on May 14, 2021 at her home in Sunnyside, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Janet was born in Stoystown, PA on December 7, 1921. After graduating from Susquehanna University with a degree in music in 1942, she settled in Washington D.C. where she worked at Walter Reed General Hospital. During this time, she played church organ on Sundays, where she met her future husband, Robert Acree Einstein (deceased, 2003), who made his approach by sitting in the back row and winking at her. Janet and Robert were married at Grace Lutheran Church in Stoystown December 26, 1948, after which they shared a loving marriage for 54 years. She and Robert settled in Alexandria, Virginia where they raised their family and where Janet worked as a church organist and piano teacher. She and her husband Robert helped organize and establish Fairlington Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, where she was closely involved in many of the church activities. When they retired to Woodstock, Virginia in 1975, she continued teaching piano and playing the organ for many years.
Janet will be forever cherished and lovingly remembered by her children William (Bill), Elizabeth (Betty) and Nancy as well as her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Family and friends are invited to attend a Memorial Service at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, May 19 at Woodstock Presbyterian Church, 142 E. Court St, Woodstock, VA 22664.
Online condolences may be left at www.valleyfs.com
Arrangements by Heishman Funeral Home Inc., Valley Funeral Service Branch, Edinburg.
Published in Northern Virginia Daily on May 17, 2021.
