Janet Carole Cadwell

With both sadness for our loss and gratitude for a life well lived, the family of Janet Carole (Kump) Cadwell announce her passing. A beloved sister, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Janet passed peacefully in her sleep on June 18, 2024 at her residence in Butte. She had returned to her birthplace recently to be near siblings and extended family. She was 83. Janet was born on November 25, 1940 in Butte, Montana, the second oldest of ten children born to Joseph and Emily Kump. She attended Sacred Heart Elementary school and graduated from Butte Central High School in 1958. At 16 years old, she was working at a movie theater in Butte when she met Graham Chauncey “Chaun” Cadwell, an 18-year-old old freshman at Montana Tech. Returning to his dorm room that evening, Chaun announced to his roommate that he had met the girl he was going to marry. They were married on September 5, 1959 when Janet was 19 and they celebrated 48 years of marriage until Chaun passed in 2008. Janet and Chaun shared many adventures together including living in Chile, Mexico, Costa Rica, several locations in California, New Mexico, Oregon, Colorado, and of course, Montana. Janet developed a passion for traveling and ventured to six of the world’s seven continents. She also enjoyed cruising in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Pacific and several river cruises. Janet was a devoted wife, a loving mother, a compassionate sibling and doting grandmother. Her family was her greatest joy and proudest accomplishment. She stated on many occasions that she had led a full life and had done, experienced and seen everything she could want to with nothing left undone. She was an exceptionally kind, thoughtful, compassionate and generous woman who put others before herself and made close friends wherever she went. Janet was preceded in death by both her parents and her husband, Chaun, and is survived by her three children, Kerry, Christie and Michael and their families. Kerry’s children are Lauren Oldani, Kaley Zimberg and Jason Oldani. Christie’s children are Emily Harmeyer and Max Lookabaugh. Michael and his wife, Sara, have five children; Chloe and Sydney Cadwell as well as Lauren Johnson, Melissa Callaway and Ross Tichy. She is also survived by two great-grandchildren, Ace Smith and Sephira Zimberg, in addition to six step-great-grandchildren. Also surviving are her nine brothers and sisters: Joe, Gary, Dave, Robert, Leah, Johnny, Julie, Karen, and Mark as well as numerous loving and caring nieces, nephews, cousins and many dear friends. Throughout her life, she loved more than she sought to be loved, she gave more than she received and forgave more than she ever needed to be forgiven. She was an angel on earth and heaven is lucky to have her. She will be greatly missed. Visitation will begin Wednesday morning, July 3rd at 10 o’clock in Saint Ann Catholic Church and funeral mass will be celebrated at 11 AM. Interment will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery.

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Janet Carole Cadwell

November 25, 1940 - June 18, 2024