Janet M. Stowe - Obituary

Janet Marguerite Jackson Stowe, a retired Registered Nurse and lifelong Connecticut

resident, died December 16 at her home in Huntington with her beloved sons at her bedside. She

was 92.

Mrs. Stowe, the daughter of Gertrude Caldwell Jackson and Charles Jackson, was educated

in Bridgeport Public Schools and was an enthusiastic participant in the choirs and youth groups

of Saint Ambrose Parish. A conscientious and gifted student, she was the recipient of the Latin

Prize upon graduation from Warren G. Harding High School, where she was a class officer and a

lifelong member of the reunion committee. As a member of Girl Scouts of America, young Janet

volunteered at a local hospital, a commitment that ignited her interest in medicine.

Mrs. Stowe graduated with high honors from Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing, after

completing programs of study throughout the hospital. Her score on the Connecticut State

Nursing Licensing Examination placed her fourth among hundreds/thousands. While working as

assistant supervisor of the operating room at Bridgeport Hospital, Mrs. Stowe completed her

Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Bridgeport. She was a lifelong student of

medicine, subscribing to medical journals, participating in health studies of retired nurses,

reading extensively about the latest medical techniques and treatments, and fully supporting

public health measures. She retired in 1982 after decades of providing care, typically for high risk patients who had undergone cardiac surgery.

In addition to an enduring commitment and fascination with the field of medicine, Mrs.

Stowe was the devoted mother of three children and two grandchildren with whom she shared

her love of stories, the seaside, and animals, specifically horses and dogs. As a young woman,

she was a devoted golfer who regularly played the Fairchild Wheeler Golf Course. Mrs. Stowe

was an inveterate conversationalist, with a knack for instant engagement. She liked the snow,

reading periodicals and novels, games of chance, classic films, swimming, and spectating at

virtually all sports. By far her favorite pastime was being with her much loved husband and very

best friend, Harvey Hamilton Stowe, who predeceased her March 4, 2021. Family summers

swimming, boating, and fishing at Candlewood Lake, at the childhood home of her husband,

were among Mrs. Stowe’s most cherished memories.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Stowe was predeceased by a brother Joseph Jackson, and

two sisters, Berenice Philip and Elaine Macauda.

Survivors include her sons, James Willard Stowe of Derby, (Barbara) Michael N Stowe of

Woodbridge, (partner, Carol May,) a daughter, Stacey Stowe of Manhattan, N.Y., and two

grandchildren, Gabrielle Hamilton Stowe of Manhattan, N.Y. and Adam Jackson Stowe of

Phoenix, AZ. Interment will be private. The Wakelee Memorial Funeral Home, 167 Wakelee Avenue, Ansonia, is in care of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.wakeleememorial.com.