Watt, Janet Elaine (Kennedy) – Age 62 of North River, passed away on May 9, 2026.
She was a daughter of the late David and Carmitta Kennedy.
Janet grew up in Upper Stewiacke on her family’s dairy farm and attended South Colchester High School. She was involved in her local 4-H group, was a Sunday School teacher and played ringette. After graduating from Dalhousie, Janet was a nurse for 40 years spending the last 37 years at VON and most recently as Senior Management for the Truro Branch. Janet and Gary’s love story started in 1992 after meeting at a horse show, and they stayed passionately in love until Gary’s passing on January 5, 2026. Janet was heavily involved in the draft horse world, attending any show in the Maritimes that happened. But the Maritimes were not enough, and Janet, with her son and husband, attended every World Percheron Congress that was in North America. She was often found in the announcer’s booth at horse shows. Janet knew every exhibitor that entered the ring and could tell you all about their families as they went around the ring. But beyond her investment in the adult exhibitors, Janet had a special place in her heart for the youth draft horse program. She brought life back into the Nova Scotia Youth Draft Horse Program, sponsoring many events and making sure the young exhibitors had their prizes and their shirts. She always carried a box of smarties or had a few candies in her bag for the young exhibitors and even a few of the adult exhibitors as well. Janet shared this love of the draft horse world with her husband and her son.
Her son, Cory was her greatest pride and joy. Everything she did was for him. And he embodies her spirit and her passions in life. Janet loved to visit craft sales and go on adventures with her sister, Maxine. A few years ago, the two of them realized a lifelong dream of travelling to New York around Christmas to skate on the ice in the park. Janet had a passion for family. When Cory was younger, she would often organize trips for “the cousins” to go on. Even once her own son was grown up, she still enjoyed following her nieces and nephews in their sports and life adventures and asked daily about Jace and Jocee’s weekly events.
Janet is survived by her son, Cory Watt and daughter-in-law, Taylor Watt; brothers, Don (Kathy), Larry (Lynne); sisters, Ardith (Grant), Maxine (Frank); sister-in-law, Nancy; nephews, Mark (Laura), Peter (Katie), Bobby, Ryan, Kevin (Carla); nieces, Shelley, Sandra (Tim), Jill, Kelly (Marc), Angela (Brian), Lesley (Brian), Amy (Matthew); great-nephews, Luke (Chloe), Riley (Maddie), Linden (Chloe), Parker, Jack, Finn, Cameron, Ewan, Abe, Ethan, Lou; great-nieces, Rebecca (Alex), Katelyn (J.T.), Kennedy, Christine (Peter), Holly, Abby, Sophie, Renee, Ella, Leah, Emily and Maely; great great-nephews, Henry and Ethan; and great great-nieces, Amelia and Aubree.
She was predeceased by her husband, Gary; brothers, Stephen, Arlen; niece, Amie; and grandparents, Raymond and Isabel Deyarmond and Arthur and Lillian Kennedy.
Visitation will be held 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, with funeral service Thursday at 2 p.m., both in Upper Stewiacke United Church.
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