Janet Kay Hyde Pabor

Janet Kay Hyde Pabor March 04, 1938 – March 1, 2025 Janet was born in New Castle Pennsylvania to Alfred M Hyde and Katherine B Pfischner.

 She was raised in the New Castle area with her brother and sisters, attended Christ Lutheran Church and graduated with honors from Mt. Jackson High School in 1957.

 Janet moved to Winter Haven, Florida in 1958 and worked at Florida Cypress Gardens as a Southern Bell. She stopped working to raise her three boys and enjoyed planning their many birthday parties and taking them on school field trips to state parks, Smoky Mountains and to the many Florida beaches on both coasts.

She was a dedicated sports mom to all her sons, taking them to the countless practices and games in football, baseball and basketball. You name it she was there. She taught them how to swim before they could walk, taking them to many years of swimming practices and meets all the way through the Junior Olympics to High School State Championship finals. It would not have been possible without her consistent devotion and encouragement over the years. 

Later Janet would take her rowdy boys on countless camping trips across the country exploring the many mountain ranges, high peaks, rivers, streams and canyons throughout The American West inside the many State and National Parks. Her family tradition for the love of the outdoors has been passed on to her grandchildren and now great grandchildren. 

When the boys got older, she worked at Dr. Tripp, Westphal and Murchison dental offices as a receptionist and office manager for 30 years, there she greeted and helped patients with her kind and loving soul. 

During that time, she met the love of her life Ed Pabor where she enhanced and shared her love for the great outdoors with, from tent camping in the states of Washington, California and Carolinas to RVing and enjoying the great outdoors from Maine to Arizona while visiting there family, they hiked many miles of trails together. They also enjoyed sailing in the Caribbean with her brother Noel and sister in law Linda. 

After the passing of Ed in the year 2000 she traveled and enjoyed working at several National Parks from Denali NP, Yosemite NP, Grand Canyon NP, Yellowstone NP and of course Rocky Mountain NP Colorado. She would plan her cross-country excursions to be with her children & grandchildren as they grew up and proudly attending their graduating ceremonies from high schools and colleges then latter attended their weddings, she truly loved her family and especially her grandbabies. She also traveled abroad in Europe and to the Holy Land. 

Over the years in Winter Haven she attended and was very involved in her love for God at Grace Lutheran Church where she served as VP of women’s ministry, church elder and alter guild. Janet loved playing in Mahjong and Euchre groups and doing jigsaw puzzles. 

Janet had three sons Johnny Patterson (deceased), Greg Patterson and Shawn Patterson, nine grandchildren Elizabeth (deceased), John, Laura, Will, Brittany, Court, Blake, Brook and Brett and three great grandchildren Ellen, Charlotte and Evelyn. She also had stepchildren Wes Pabor, Linda Lambert and David Pabor and four step grandchildren Ryan, Megan, Mackenzie and Mitchell. 

She is also survived by her sister Sally Gist, her brother Noel Hyde and sister Terry Chow plus numerous nieces, nephews and their families. 

Monitory memorials and donations to Grace Lutheran Church Winter Haven, Florida.

 Janet’s Celebration Of Life will be 3/29/2025 at 11:00 am at Grace Lutheran Church 327 Ave C SE, Winter Haven, Florida.