Janet Waddell

Janet Waddell, age 85, passed away peacefully on March 13, 2022 in Kennett Square, PA.

She was born in New Rochelle, NY and raised in Wilmington, DE, the daughter of Gwen Williams Holmes and J.B. Sanders Holmes.

Janet was a 1954 graduate of Wilmington Friends School, having spent a summer in Munich, Germany in 1953 with the American Field Service. She attended Connecticut College for Women for two years, transferring to the Rhode Island School of Design, majoring in illustration and graduating in 1959.

She worked for several years in fashion illustration, both in Wilmington and Washington, D.C. She was also a senior guide at Winterthur for six years before becoming a full time artist. She worked in watercolor, pastel, and oil, painting mostly landscapes of the Chesapeake Bay, the Wilmington area, and Cape Cod. Her work has been shown at the Studio Group, the Christmas Shop, the DuPont Easel, Christiana Bank, Hardcastle Gallery, and the Cape Cod Art Association.

She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, the Junior League of Wilmington, the Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Studio Group, The Greenville Country Club, and the Orleans Yacht Club in Orleans, MA.

Janet is preceded in death by her husband, James G. Waddell. She is survived by her daughter, Ann W. Miller (Richard), her son, William G. Waddell (Teresa), two granddaughters, Louisa Miller and Calista Waddell, and her grandson, William G. Waddell, Jr.

Services are private.

In Lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Janet’s memory to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware by going to https://www.bgclubs.org/donate/