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Janet Arave Aikele

Update: 2023

We remain in Cache Valley, UT and love living here. All 4 of our daughters live here so we see each other quite often for family events. We take our family on a ski vacation each winter and spend a week on Lake Powell every other summer. We now have a final tally of 22 grandchildren. I spend a fair amount of time working with some of them practicing the piano and reading/interacting with them. We have 7 who have served or are serving missions for our church.

We are still serving a service mission (7+ years); this time we are working with BYU-Pathway, assisting students who wish to acquire a college degree. It is fulfilling to continue to be active and hopefully contribute something back to society in general.
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2018

Following graduation from high school I attended Ricks College and then BYU, graduating with a degree in elementary education. I married Eric Aikele in the fall of 1971. I met him through his sister Carla, a roommate, who is now married to Randy Bird (class of '67). I taught school in Orem, UT for 2 years while my husband completed his degree at BYU. We then moved to Lost River (near Arco) for over 40 years. We farmed and operated a farm service business.

We had seven children, five who grew to adulthood. They spent much of their growing up years learning to play the piano. We traveled to Logan, UT every other week-end for piano lessons and fell in love with Cache Valley. They have all grown up to be good, contributing citizens and have been the joy of our lives. We welcomed our 22nd grandchild into the world last year.

Along the way, after raising our five, I completed a Masters Degree and then a Doctorate Degree in Education Leadership. I subsequently served as a school administrator for over 8 years. In 2002 I began working for an education company headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. I wrote proposals in the final 6 years with them, which provided the opportunity to tele-commute.

We sold our home and business in 2015 and moved to Cache Valley where we live near 3 of our daughters' families and their combined 15 grandchildren. We spend a significant amount of time kayaking, hiking, and skiing. We recently completed an 18-month church service mission which was a challenge as well as a blessing in our lives. We live on the same street as some of my best friends from high school, Kristen (Kerr-class of '67) and Steve Price (class of '66). Life is good to us and we feel its blessings every day of our lives.

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