Janet Hardcastle Black's Obituary
Janet Hardcastle Black
10/28/1943 – 12/06/2017
After a valiant battle with a long illness, Janet Hardcastle Black returned to the loving arms of her Heavenly Father on December 6, 2017. Janet was born October 28, 1943 in Murray, Utah to DeVon Patrick and Neldon Hall Hardcastle. Janet grew up in Sandy and attended school in Sandy and also in Jamul, California. She graduated from Jordan High School in 1961. In her High School Yearbook, she indicated her interest in pursuing a career as a stewardess. She was never able to follow up on this.
Janet lived with her Grandmother, Ordell Hardcastle, as a young child and again later during her Jordan High School years. She was very close to her Grandmother and learned many skills, including how to can food, sew and crochet.
She also lived with her mother DeVon in Jamul, California during grade school. She enjoyed living in the Oliver home and spending time with her younger siblings. She had very fond memories of her Palomino horse April which she cared for while living in Jamul. She loved April and learned to ride bareback after trial and error, which is code for falling off and getting back up. She brought April apples and carrots regularly. If Janet didn’t have treats April would nibble at her pocket and sometimes bit her leg. She had a cage with several dozen parakeets also. She loved listening to them and often fell asleep to their singing.
Janet was frequently found with a camera in her hands. She took pictures of everybody, the problem is, nobody knows where those pictures are now.
Janet cheated death numerous times during her life. When she was about 3 years old, she was wearing a white snow suit and fell asleep in the snow bank by their home in Sandy. When she was found she was nearly frozen. Her Grandfather diligently warmed her by their wood stove until she recovered. Not long after this she was with Ordell in the family’s fruit orchard and a wolf came up on Janet from behind. Ordell was able to scare the wolf away before anything terrible could happen.
While in Jamul when she was about 8 years old, she was playing rough and tumble games with her siblings and she got excited and fell off a bed and her neck snapped and she was unconscious. She went to the hospital with a broken neck. She wore a neck brace and did home therapy for quite a while; something she truly despised doing. About a year later she was washing the dishes and was asked a question. In her words, “the answer was no, and I shook my head really hard to swing my hair left to right and heard my neck snap again and I fell on the floor. Once again, I was unconscious and woke up in the hospital with a broken neck.” Following this was more therapy and neck braces.
Her step father, Richard Oliver, gave her a violin and lessons and she said she really struggled to play. It wasn’t until later that she found out that she had a tumor in her ear and then it all made sense.
After High School Janet lived in Lodi, California, Cave Junction, Oregon and Boise, Idaho. She returned to live in Utah where she spent time with her children and grandchildren. She really enjoyed using her telemarketing skills and selling DirecTV. She had also worked for a Security company as a bookkeeper and payroll clerk, and for Grand Central as a cashier. While working at the Security company, she met Ross DeRay Black. They were married on February 14, 1991 in Sandy, Utah. She and Ross loved to square dance, camping in their fifth wheel and they loved their dachshunds Butch and Hercules. With Janet’s pie-baking skills, acquired from running a KFC in Lodi, California, she and Ross together made pies and regularly took them to the VA Hospital in Salt Lake to share with the patients.
Janet worked in Customer service much of her life and retired in 2001. Janet and Ross lived in Duchesne, Utah until his death in 2005. She moved back to Taylorsville, Utah to be closer to her grandchildren.
After becoming ill in 2013, she relocated to the Cove Point retirement facility in Provo, Utah where she participated in numerous activities and served as a visiting teaching supervisor in the Cove Point branch. She also regularly attended the Provo Temple with her friends. She also loved doing square foot gardening and loved to sit and watch Hallmark Movies with her granddaughter, Stacy.
In 2015, she moved to the Jamestown senior living center in Provo where she enjoyed making friends, doing crafts and fishing in the trout pond. Janet especially loved to crochet and make things as gifts. She made many doilies, baby dresses, blankets and Flag Afghans. This past year, Janet made numerous lap quilts for the Jamestown residents and gave them away.
Janet had a deep love for her family and wanted to spend as much time as possible with them. She was so proud of her children and grandchildren and wanted to see her Great Grandchildren and get to know them more. She wanted them to remember her love for them.
Janet’s motto:
“It’s not about how many times you fall, it’s how many times you get back up!”
Janet was preceded in death by her husband Ross DeRay Black and Father Neldon Hall Hardcastle. She is survived by her Mother, Devon Patrick Oliver, Sisters: Marie McDow, Maria Bitton, Peggy Roundy (Jerry), Gayle Martin; and Brothers: Richard Oliver (Araya), Thomas Oliver (Vickie), and Max Hardcastle.
Children: Jeff Augason (Michelle), Janalyn Olsen (Jeff) and Joe Hatch (Cheryle). Grandchildren: Peter Olsen, Stacy Olsen, Lindsay Olsen, David Augason (Elaina), Brian Augason (Heather), Shane Augason (Ashley), Tyler Augason (Jamie), Aaron Augason (Flor), Brandon Augason, Brittany Everton,
Brandy Hatch and 9 great grandchildren,
Special thanks to Canyon Home Health and Hospice, Dr. Al Shuqairat and Utah Valley Specialty Hospital for their genuine care and compassion.
Friends and Family are invited to a memorial service December 16, 2017 at 11 am. at the Provo Edgewood LDS Chapel 3511 North 180 East. Interment: Provo City Cemetery 610 South State St.
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