BORN IN KITTANNING PENNSYLVANIA TO JAMES AND ELEANOR(LORENCE)CRAVENER ON NOVEMBER 15TH 1947. THE OLDEST OF ELEVEN CHILDREN... SHE MARRIED RONALD A LERNER ON AUG.31ST 1966 IN CUMBERLAND MARYLAND... WHERE HE WAS STATIONED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN LAURA MICHELLE BORN 1971.. MATTHEW RONALD BORN 1973.. ELINOR ANNE BORN 1974. SHE WORKED DIFFERENT PLACES THROUGH OUT HER LIFE UP UNTIL 1992..FROM THEN ON SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER. HER OLDEST DAUGHTER LAURA WAS MARRIED IN DEC. 1995. IN JUNE 1996 DANIELLE LYNN WAS BORN... GIVING HER A GRANDAUGHTER ... IN FEB. 1999 HER DAUGHTER ELINOR MARRIED..  IN OCT. 2002 JANIE 

WAS DIAGNOSED WITH GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME ( BRAIN CANCER) SHE HAD 33 RADIATION TREATMENTS THAT STARTED OCT. 28TH AND ENDED DEC. 13TH 2002. THERE WAS NO KNOWN CURE FOR THIS TYPE OF CANCER, HAVING THREE BRAIN TUMORS MADE IT DIFFICULT TO TREAT. SHE LOST THE BATTLE ON JAN. 7TH 2003....  SHE WILL ALWAYS BE LOVED AND MISSED BY ALL ........  HUSBAND RON, CHILDREN LAURA, MATT,& ELINOR SON IN LAWS MARK AND DAN AND GRANDAUGHTER DANI LYNN.