Berney, Janet Susan

1957 - 2018  (61 years)

• Name	Berney, Janet Susan  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	28 Apr 1957	Bronx, Bronx, New York, USA   [5]
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 Nov 2018	Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I12721	Our Family | Descendents of Hirsch Westheimer (I6684)
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Berney, Henry David,   b. 11 May 1922, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. 3 Oct 2002, New York, New York, New York, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Glickman, Roslyn,   b. 9 Dec 1925, New York, New York, New York, USA ,   d. 28 Nov 2013  (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	2 May 1954	Bronx, Bronx, New York, USA   [7, 8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F7177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hunt, Henry Thomas III,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	10 May 1981	Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA   [11, 12, 13]
  Children	1. Hunt, Allison   2. Hunt, Emily   3. Hunt, Stephanie   4. Hunt, Jennifer Andrea
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024
  Family ID	F4817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ms. Janet B. Hunt (née Janet Berney) died peacefully at home after a long illness on November 10, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina at the age of 61. Janet is survived by husband, H. Thomas Hunt, surviving children, Emily Hunt, residing in New York, Stephanie Hunt, of Montpelier, Vermont, and Allison Kranyak, of Greenville South Carolina, and sisters; Elizabeth Berney of Great Neck, New York and Diane Gluck of White Plains, New York. She is preceded in death by her beloved daughter Jennifer, of Charlotte. Janet was born on April 27, 1957 in the Bronx, New York to Henry & Roslyn Berney. She graduated from the Cornell University in 1978 with B.S. degree in industrial and labor relations, and from University of Pennsylvania law school in 1981. She married Tom Hunt, whom she met in law school in 1981. She had an illustrious career as a lawyer, having clerked for federal district judge John P. Fullam after law school, and then working for several years for the prestigious Philadelphia law firm of Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis before joining Travelers Mortgage Services, Inc., where she ultimately served as Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel. Upon Travelers' acquisition by the General Electric Company, she assumed the role of Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc. She then joined Federal National Mortgage Association, commonly known as Fannie Mae, as Vice President & Deputy General Counsel. In 2007 she and her family moved to Charlotte, where she finished her career as Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Bank of America. Janet was always particularly proud of the example she set for her children, juggling her role as a mother and her career with finesse and aplomb, and sharing family responsibilities with her husband, Tom. She and her job sharing partner were featured in the September, 2003 issue of Diversity and the Bar as a paradigm for those female attorneys successfully managing their work/life balance. Janet's children will always fondly remember Janet as a warm, loving mother who lead by example, gave the best advice any mother could give without any pre-judgement, and who inspired her daughters to become independent and strong young women. She had a kind sense of humor even into her last days and stayed strong always in her battle against her disease. During the period of her long illness, Janet was bat mitzvahed after a strenuous course of study, and also became accomplished tournament bridge player, achieving the rank of bronze Life Master in 2018. She played a mean game of scrabble, and could always be counted on by her children, husband, friends and colleagues for the quality of her sage and well-thought out counsel and advice. Her funeral will be at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, November 11, 2018 at Temple Beth-El, 5101 Providence Rd, Charlotte, NC with interment at the Hebrew Cemetery. Ms. Janet B. Hunt (née Janet Berney) died peacefully at home after a long illness on November 10, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina at the age of 61. Janet is survived by husband, H. Thomas Hunt, surviving children, Emily Hunt, residing in New York, Stephanie Hunt, of Montpelier, Vermont, and Allison Kranyak, of Greenville South Carolina, and sisters; Elizabeth Berney of Great Neck, New York and Diane Gluck of White Plains, New York. She is preceded in death by her beloved daughter Jennifer, of Charlotte. Janet was born on April 27, 1957 in the Bronx, New York to Henry & Roslyn Berney. She graduated from the Cornell University in 1978 with B.S. degree in industrial and labor relations, and from University of Pennsylvania law school in 1981. She married Tom Hunt, whom she met in law school in 1981. She had an illustrious career as a lawyer, having clerked for federal district judge John P. Fullam after law school, and then working for several years for the prestigious Philadelphia law firm of Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis before joining Travelers Mortgage Services, Inc., where she ultimately served as Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel. Upon Travelers' acquisition by the General Electric Company, she assumed the role of Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc. She then joined Federal National Mortgage Association, commonly known as Fannie Mae, as Vice President & Deputy General Counsel. In 2007 she and her family moved to Charlotte, where she finished her career as Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Bank of America. Janet was always particularly proud of the example she set for her children, juggling her role as a mother and her career with finesse and aplomb, and sharing family responsibilities with her husband, Tom. She and her job sharing partner were featured in the September, 2003 issue of Diversity and the Bar as a paradigm for those female attorneys successfully managing their work/life balance. Janet's children will always fondly remember Janet as a warm, loving mother who lead by example, gave the best advice any mother could give without any pre-judgement, and who inspired her daughters to become independent and strong young women. She had a kind sense of humor even into her last days and stayed strong always in her battle against her disease. During the period of her long illness, Janet was bat mitzvahed after a strenuous course of study, and also became accomplished tournament bridge player, achieving the rank of bronze Life Master in 2018. She played a mean game of scrabble, and could always be counted on by her children, husband, friends and colleagues for the quality of her sage and well-thought out counsel and advice. Her funeral will be at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, November 11, 2018 at Temple Beth-El, 5101 Providence Rd, Charlotte, NC with interment at the Hebrew Cemetery.

  
  

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