Janet A McCallum

Janet A. McCallum, 70, died on Oct. 18, 2014, at St. Alexius Medical Center. After battling a serious illness, Janet went to her eternal home. Services will be held at 11:00 am Saturday, October 25, at First Presbyterian Church, 214 E Thayer Ave, Bismarck, with Rev. Dr. Matthew Zuehlke officiating. Burial will be held at Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck. Visitation will be held from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Friday, October 24, at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck. Janet was born Sept. 19, 1944, in Minot, North Dakota, to Alton C. and Jennie Rygg Anderson. She graduated from Minot High School in 1962 and the University of North Dakota in 1966, with a degree in Business Administration. Janet married Robert W. McCallum on June 12, 1965, in the First Presbyterian Church in Minot, North Dakota. Robert and Janet owned and operated Anderson Ace Hardware in Bismarck for 30 years, closing their store in 1996. Their store was started in 1938 by Janet's father. At the time of closing, it was the fifth oldest Ace store in the nation under continuous family ownership. In retirement, she was seasonally employed by the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation in Medora, North Dakota. Janet was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Bismarck, where she served as both a deacon and an elder. She was a member of Chapter N and a charter member and past president of Chapter AX of the P. E. O. Sisterhood and a member of Current Events Club. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women, Bismarck Republican Women, and Sverdrup 107 Lodge of the Sons of Norway. Janet served on the Bismarck-Mandan Salvation Army Advisory Board for 30 years and was a past Advisory Board Chairman. She served on the State Executive Board of U S West Communications, and on the North Dakota Job Service Advisory Council. She also co-chaired the North Dakota delegation to the 1995 White House Conference on Small Business. She was an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention in 2012. She is survived by her husband Robert, two daughters, Laura McCallum Bryan James of Edina, Minnesota, and Lisa McCallum of St. Paul, Minnesota. She is also survived by one grandson, Wyatt McCallum Miller, and two step-grandchildren, Bella and Max Bryan, all of Edina. Janet was preceded in death by her brother Jerome in 1962, her father Alton Anderson in 1992, and her mother Jennie Anderson in 2008. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Bismarck-Mandan Salvation Army or to the First Presbyterian Church of Bismarck.

Janet A McCallum

September 19, 1944 - October 18, 2014