Janet Kay Bailey was born May 23, 1961 at Burke, South Dakota to Tom and Jean (Leibel) Bailey and she passed peacefully on September 1, 2017 at the Sanford Centenial Hospice Cottage in Sioux Falls, South Dakota after a short bout with cancer at the age of 56 years.

Janet graduated from Bonesteel High School in 1979 and from Sioux Valley Radiology Technology School in Sioux Falls.  She worked in the Radiology Department for Sanford Hospital for many years.  She earned a BS in Radiology Technology from Bellevue and an MBA from Colorado Tech.

Janet learned to play many stringed instruments after moving to Sioux Falls and she also enjoyed reading.

Janet was preceded in death by her grandparents: Esli and Nellie Bailey and John and Selma Leibel.  She is survived by her parents, Tom and Jean Bailey of Bonesteel, SD; her sister Diane (John) McConnell of San Antonio, TX; and two nephews: Andrew McConnell of College Station, TX and Matthew McConnell of Bremerton, WA.

Memorial services for Janet Bailey, age 56 , of Sioux Falls, South Dakota will be held on Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 10:30 AM at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Bonesteel, South Dakota.  Burial will be in the St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Bonesteel.