Janie Grzybowski

Janie "Cookie" Grzybowski, 93, of Manteno, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.

Janie was born August 22, 1933, in Henderson, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Talmadge and Audie (Cooper) Jones.

She worked as a bartender in the Chicago area. She was a special little lady who never met anyone she didn't like, and everyone who met her liked her.

She is survived by her daughter, Linda Estes of San Antonio, Texas; her son, Donald Goeing and his wife, Pat, of Manteno, Illinois; her son, Ronald Grzybowski and his wife, Amy, of Findlay, Ohio; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, too many to name, including her first grandchild, Joanna Hoefferle-Anaya of Merrillville, Indiana; her sisters, Frances Telander of San Antonio, Texas, and JoAnn Runyon (husband, Tim) of Tucson, Arizona; and her brothers, Jerry Jones and Jack Jones; Caregiver, Joanna Brychta, of Herscher she thought of like a daughter.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Grzybowski; her son, Edward Goeing (surviving wife, Karen Goeing); her sister, Susie Rogers; and her brothers, Willie Jones and Buck Jones.

Visitation services will be held Monday, November 16, 2026, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Brown-Jensen Funeral Home in Manteno. Deacon Clodi will officiate at 4:00 PM.