Janet Orr was born May 20 1958 at OAKVILLE General Hospital to Joseph and Sophie Orr (both deceased), and married Robert Somerville October 19, 1985.

Janet passed away June 15, 2020 at the West Nipissing General Hospital near her cottage. She is survived by her husband Robert, daughter Mary, and her brother Brian Orr and his wife Yvette.

Janet graduated from Lorne Park Secondary school as an Ontario Scholar and with full scholarship from Goodyear graduated with an Honours BComm from McMaster University. She entered GE’s management development program and worked as an HR manger with that firm later taking positions in aerospace and control automation with Honeywell, McDonell Douglas, and Spar Aerospace. At Spar she led recruitment and hiring of the software engineers that built The CanadaArm.

Janet was a faithful Christian who died with no fear. She always saw the glass as half full inspite of health challenges and will be dearly missed by her family.