Janet Faye (Michalenko) Duke
July 8, 1938-Jan. 18, 2017
A Daughter, Wife,
Mother, Grandmother,
Great Grandmother and
former Marine, Janet Faye
Duke, 78, Minot, arrived
in heaven on January 18,
2017. She was at home
surrounded by her loving
family and hospice.
Janet was born on July
8, 1938 in Harvey, North
Dakota, the first child of
John and Freda (Hahn)
Michalenko. She grew up
on the family farm outside
of Butte, ND and graduat-
ed from Butte High
School in 1955. She con-
tinued her education at
Minot Business College,
where she received spe-
cialized secretarial train-
ing, prior to enlisting with
the U.S. Marine Corps in
1957. She received an
honorable discharge in
1959.
While in the service,
Janet met the love of her
life, Charles “Chuck”
Duke, and they were mar-
ried on February 14, 1959
in Bethesda, MD. During
the next 17 years, five
children blessed their un-
ion as they made their
home at various naval
bases during Chuck’s ser-
vice in the U.S. Navy.
The family moved to
Minot in 1976, where
Janet was employed as a
secretary at Schoenwald
Realty, the Ward County
Highway Department,
Porter Brothers and Civil
Service with Rivet Mile.
In 1993, she became
self-employed as a day
care provider in her
home. Janet was always
supportive of her
husband’s involvement as
executive director of Com-
munity Action and as a
member of the Minot City
Council. Janet retired in
2004.
Janet was a member of
the Southside Church of
the Nazarene, Minot. She
especially enjoyed cook-
ing, sewing, reading, play-
ing piano along with
spending time with her
grandchildren.
Family: Janet’s loving
family includes: her hus-
band of nearly 58 years,
Charles “Chuck” Duke;
children: Steven Duke of
Minot, Scott (Darcy) Duke
of Sioux Falls, SD, LaDon-
na (Blaine) Mosser of Ti-
gard, OR, Stuart (Trish)
Duke of Spring, TX and
LeAnna (Craig) Heupel of
Minot; eleven grandchil-
dren; ten
great-grandchildren;
brother: Darrell (Arlene)
Michalenko of Minot; a
number of nieces,
nephews and cousins.
Janet was preceded in
death by her parents and
one great-granddaughter.
Celebration of life ser-
vice: Friday, January 27,
2017 at 11:00 a.m. in First
Church of the Nazarene,
Minot.
Interment: Veterans
Section of Rosehill
Memorial Park, Minot.
Visitation: Thursday,
January 26th from
3:00-6:00 p.m. in Thomas
Family Funeral Home,
Minot.
Memorials are preferred
to Southside Church of
the Nazarene or Trinity
Hospice.
Those wishing to sign
the online memorial regis-
ter or share memories are
invited to use the expres-
sions of sympathy section
at (www.thomasfamily
funeralhome.com).