Janet Fidelman

Janet Fidelman died on July 10, 2025 from complications related to ovarian cancer.

She was born on March 9, 1950 in Washington, DC and grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland. She held degrees from Brandeis University and the University of Wisconsin.  She lived and worked in the Boston area for the rest of her life. For most of those years she lived in Arlington with her companion cats.

Although her working career was as a computer programmer, Janet’s varied interests and hobbies were her main focus. She traveled to all seven continents, mostly with her family, and took photos everywhere she went. She went scuba diving as a young adult and loved to sail as crew on friends’ boats. She joined friends in Vermont practically every winter, where she went cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. She developed a love of gardening and had an encyclopedic knowledge of perennials that can be grown in New England. But above all, she loved her volunteer work with GBH, the public media station in Boston.

Janet made many friends along the way:  neighbors, work friends and fellow hobbyists.

Janet will be missed by her sister Anne Fidelman, her brother Mark Fidelman and her brother-in-law Mark Hansen. She was preceded in death by her parents Ruth Abrahams Fidelman and Morris Fidelman.

In lieu of flowers, her family requests donations to a charity working in research or in support of victims of cancer.