Rex, Janet J. (Janet Jacobs), 1941-2015
Dates
- Existence: 1941 - 2015
Biographical History
Janet J. Rex (1941-2015) was an office and financial manager in Utah.
Janet Jacobs was born on January 31, 1941 in Ogden, Utah to Joseph Smith and Leone Perry Jacobs. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at age 8, and grew up in Utah and California. She completed her high school education as salutatorian of Carlsbad High School, and then returned to Utah to attend Brigham Young University. She graduated with her bachelor's degree in Elementary Education, Human Development, and Family Relations in 1963. During this time she married Norman Dale Rex in Salt Lake Temple on September 15, 1961. The couple had six children.
After graduation she and her husband moved to the Willamette Valley, Oregon where they worked a family farm. After her husband's death in 1982 she returned to Utah, and worked in the BYU Army ROTC, Air Force ROTC, Information Management and Communications, and University Communications departments. At the university she earned a Master's of Public Administration degree in 1995. She retired from BYU in 2007.
Janet Jacobs Rex passed away on January 7, 2015 in Springville, Utah.
Citation:
Brigham Young University telephone directory, 1998: p. 70 (Janet J. Rex, office / financial manager)Deseret news, Jan. 11, 2015 (Janet Jacobs Rex; b. Jan. 31, 1941 in Ogden, Utah; parents: Joseph Smith and Leone Perry Jacobs; grew up in Utah and California; salutatorian, Carlsbad High School; attended Brigham Young University, graduated in Elementary Education, Human Development and Family Relations, 1963; m. Norman Dale Rex in Salt Lake Temple, Sept. 15, 1961, six children; lived on family farm in Willamette Valley, Ore.; after husband's death in 1982, moved to Utah; worked at BYU Army ROTC, Air Force ROTC, Information Management and Communications, and University Communications; earned MPA degree, 1995; retired, 2007; d. Jan. 7, 2015 in Springville, Utah)
Familysearch, via WWW, June 30, 2017 (Janet Jacobs; b. Jan. 31, 1941 in Ogden, Utah; parents: Joseph Smith Jacobs and Leone Perry; baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Apr. 10, 1949; m. Sept. 15, 1961 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Norman Dale Rex; d. Jan. 7, 2015 in Springville, Utah)
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BYU Physical Facilities building histories
Compiled by Janet J. Rex of Public Communications at Brigham Young University, the document gives summary information about each structure on the BYU campus, including date of construction, its uses, departments housed therein, dates of renovation (if applicable), and, in some instances, anecdotal information.