Jeanette Maxine Hammack, 83, of Peculiar, Missouri died Sunday, June 14, 2015 at Vitas Hospice in Kansas City, Missouri. Graveside services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 17, 2105 at Wills Cemetery in Peculiar, with visitation from 10:00-11:00 a.m. at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to American Diabetes Association.

Jeanette was born June 27, 1931 in Ames, Iowa, the daughter of Lloyd B. and Frances Vera (Cole) Grider. She was a lifelong resident of Peculiar, Missouri. Jeanette was a 1950 graduate of Peculiar High School and was valedictorian of her class. She married Howard Stanley "Stan" Hammack on February 17, 1951 in Peculiar. She had worked for the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City for ten years. She also helped run the Boys Ranch at Collins, Missouri where she taught horsemanship and helped cook the meals.

Jeanette enjoyed sewing, crafting, gardening, ceramics, giving gifts to others, traveling with Stan in their motor home, and especially time spent at the Lake of the Ozarks. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Peculiar.

Jeanette was preceded in death by her husband, Stan in 1998, her brother Jack E. Grider in 2005 and her parents. She is survived by two sisters, Harriette Wills Rankin of Raymore, Missouri and Sherry Hockaday of Lake Winnebago, Missouri, and several nieces and nephews that she dearly loved.