Janet M. Lininger

Janet M. Lininger, 87, of Sizerville Road, Emporium, died Thursday, September 24, 2015 in Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport. Born May 30, 1928 in Renovo she was the daughter of the late Clyde and Dorothy Hopkins Campbell. On December 27, 1953 in Renovo, she married Max Lininger who passed away March 15, 1992.

A resident of Emporium since 1951, she was a 1946 graduate of Renovo High School and in 1950 graduated from Lock Haven State Teachers College. During the 1950-1951 school year she was employed by Elkland School District. She then moved to Emporium where she was employed by the Cameron County School District for 41 years teaching in grades 1-6 before retiring in 1992. Mrs. Lininger was a member of St. Mark Catholic Church in Emporium, Emporium Senior Center, Friends of the Library and the Order of Eastern Star.

Survivors include: one daughter, Michele (Mike) Rodich of Emporium;

 three grandchildren, Mallory Rodich,

 Matthew Rodich and 

Daniel Earlywine; 

one great granddaughter, Payton Lou Earlywine; 

and several nieces and nephews. 

In addition to her parents and her husband she was predeceased by one son Max Lininger, Jr. in 2014 and one daughter Martha Ellwood in 2012.

There will be no visitation.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:15 a.m. Monday, September 28, 2015 in St. Mark Church with Fr. Paul Siebert, pastor, officiating.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Barbara Moscato Brown Memorial Library or the Woodland Elementary School Library. 

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Coppersmith-Condon Funeral Home, Emporium.