Janet Irene Beatty O’Connor, 81, Overland Park, KS, passed away on Sunday, November 23, 2025, at Good Samaritan Society Senior Care in Olathe.
The funeral will be held on Friday, December 5, 2025, with Visitation beginning at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, located at 13615 W 92nd Street, Lenexa, KS 66215. A Rosary will precede the 10:30 a.m. Mass. Interment at Resurrection Cemetery, 8300 Quivira Road, Lenexa, KS 66215, to immediately follow. Memorial contributions can be made to the Holy Trinity Building Fund.
Janet was born in Kansas City, KS, on December 11, 1943, to Jay H. and Irene R. (Gray) Beatty, and graduated Loretto Academy in Kansas City, MO in 1961 and attended Business School before serving as a Legal Secretary. She married her husband of 56 years, James Francis O’Connor Jr, on June 21, 1969, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in KCK and they made their home in Overland Park, KS. Janet stayed home for several years to raise her daughters, then worked as an Educational Aide at Apache Elementary for 24 years before retiring. She loved kitty cats, working puzzles, gardening, flowers, birdwatching (especially cardinals) and all the beauty of nature, travel adventures with her husband.
She was preceded in death by both of her parents, and her brother, James (Jim) Beatty. She is survived by her husband, of the home, brother Victor Beatty (Overland Park), three daughters and their spouses: Laura & David Warthen (Gardner, KS), Julie & Adam Dalsing (Lenexa, KS), and Rachel & Casey Baker (Overland Park, KS), along with 9 Grandchildren: Desi (Andy) Thompson, Michelle (Brett) Bloodgood, Michael Warthen, Steven Warthen, Jamie Dalsing (Kelston Swift), Blake Dalsing (Taylor Smith), Finley Baker, Scarlet Baker, George Baker and 4 Great Grandchildren: Mason Bloodgood, Noah Hamilton and Emery Bloodgood, and Eleanor ‘Nora’ Thompson, along with many other beloved extended family members.