Lieutenant Commander (Retired) Janet Carol Wohlgemuth, 89, passed away October 10, 2025, peacefully at her home in Oxnard, California, where she had lived since retiring from the United States Navy in 1978.  
 Carol was born on November 27, 1935, to Thelma and Ed Wohlgemuth. She grew up on the family farm near Atchison, Kansas, where she loved helping her father work on the farm. She continued her education after graduating from Atchison High School, receiving her nursing degree from the Missouri Methodist School of Nursing in St. Joseph, Missouri.
 Carol joined the Nurse Corps of the United States Navy in 1957. She retired as a Lieutenant Commander after twenty-one years of service. She served at Naval and Marine bases in the United States and in both hemispheres. In addition to various postings in the U.S., she served abroad at Subic Bay, Philippines; Yokosuka, Japan; Naples, Italy; and the Naval Hospital in Danang, Vietnam, 1969-1970. From these duty stations, she traveled widely in Asia and Europe, amassing her beloved “world treasures.” In addition, she visited each of the fifty states in the U.S. As an officer in Danang’s Naval Hospital, she was responsible for evaluating and mentoring over 150 corpsmen as well as supervising patient assignments to thirteen surgical units.
 While serving aboard the hospital ship, U.S.S. Sanctuary, in 1972, she helped equip the ship for recommissioning and then sailed from San Francisco, passing through the Panama Canal, to Colombia and Haiti, where they helped provide medical care for civilians. When asked about providing medical care in stressful and dangerous situations, such as Danang, her response was, “We had a job to do.” She was devoted to that job. Carol’s nursing assignments were always focused in the operating room.
 After retiring from the Navy, she worked in the surgical unit of St. John’s Medical Center in Oxnard for eighteen years. Despite the seriousness of her work, Carol was outgoing and fun-loving, always surrounded by a group of like-minded friends.
 Carol was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Oxnard, where she served as Elder. She was also an active member of The Military Officers Association of America, the Association of Operating Room Nurses, and a charter member of The Women’s Memorial in Washington, D.C.
 Carol was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Elizabeth W. Duckers and Dorothy W. Lynch. She is survived by her sisters Joan W. Musbach (St. Louis) and Lois W. Stanton (Austin), as well as six loving nieces and nephews: Ed Duckers, Kyle Duckers, Sarah Duckers, Susan L. Brown, Teresa L. Hanna, and Lisl Stanton; as well as dear neighbors and friends, especially Celeste and Sophie.
 A military funeral service and inurnment for Carol will be in Atchison, Kansas, at a date yet to be determined, under the direction of the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home.
 In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested for the LCDR J. C. Wohlgemuth Nursing Scholarship at the University of Kansas School of Nursing. Checks payable to KU Endowment (noting the Wohlgemuth Nursing Scholarship Fund) can be sent to: PO Box 928, Lawrence, Kansas 66044. Condolences may be left at www.beckerdyer.com.