Janet Sue (Brewster) Nolen, 79, of Villa Ridge, formerly of Festus, died Jan. 5, 2023, at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital in Fenton. Mrs. Nolan was a medical secretary at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield for 49 years. She was a former member of Calvary Assembly of God Church in Crystal City and a member of the Bridge Church in Pacific. Born Dec. 19, 1943, in Farmington, she was the daughter of the late Elizabeth (Wooldridge) and Paul Brewster. She was preceded in death by her husband: Ronald Edward Nolen.
She is survived by a daughter: Linda (Paul) Young of Bloomsdale; a son: Kent Nolen of Villa Ridge; five grandchildren: Tiffany (Jonathan) Quiello, Erik Morton, Chelsea (David) Shoebottom, Destiny (Christopher) Watson and Summer (Jay Graham) Nolen; six great-grandchildren: Ellis Shoebottom, Jolie Shoebottom, Nora Shoebottom, Oliver Watson, Aryah Watson and Natalie Graham; a sister: Carol Jean Bregant of Festus; a special niece: Lisa Bregant of Festus; many other family members and friends; and her dog, Joey. She was preceded in death by a brother: Paul Glenwood Brewster.
Visitation is scheduled from 2 p.m. until a funeral service at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at Vinyard Funeral Home, 616 W Main, in Festus, officiated by Pastor Christopher Watson. Burial is in Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens in Crystal City at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Vinyard Funeral Home.