Janet E. Fossel (nee MacDonald) died on Oct. 2 after a year-long recurrence of breast cancer.

Mrs. Fossel graduated Magna Cum Laude from Bridgewater State College and was an avid painter whose works were displayed by galleries in New York City and other places. She was also an organic farmer (formerly at Plum Hill Farm on Union Street), a peace activist, and an accomplished cook who ran her own business selling preserves and pesto.

Formerly of Pembroke and Duxbury, she had recently returned to her coastal home after ten years in Tennessee and Colorado.

Mrs. Fossel leaves her husband, Peter V. Fossel of Dennisport; her daughter Amanda MacDonald; and two grandsons, Callum and Wyatt Coulson of Boulder, Colo.

A memorial service will be held Saturday Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. at the Church Hill United Methodist Church in Norwell, at the corner of River and Church Streets.