Chrystelle L. Janke Andrews

Chrystelle Lee Janke Andrews, 38, of Roscoe, IL, died as the result of an automobile accident on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. She was born June 1, 1982, in Laramie, Wyoming, the daughter of Byron and Martha (Vos) Janke. Chrystelle is a 2000 graduate of Jefferson High School, where she participated in many activities. She married Mike Andrews in 2006 and they had three children together. She attended ISU and later returned to school at Rock Valley College where she earned her nursing degree. Chrystelle began her nursing career at Mercy Hospital where she was a nurse in the step down ICU. She then went to the Emergency Department at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center where she gained so much respect and admiration for first responders and emergency personnel. She was in the process of becoming a preceptor for others at OSF. Chrystelle loved life and was loyal to a fault. She was a creature of habit with a contagious, infectious smile. She was always a fast talker and even carried it over to signing fast. Coral was her favorite color and she saw it in every sunset. Her children were her world! Nobody was a better advocate for her children as she taught them to be loving and tolerant of all. Chrystelle was proof that a worried mother does better research than the FBI. She firmly believed in living life to the fullest each and every day while doing things that make you happy. “Life is short, so live it”.
Chrystelle will be greatly cherished by her children, Tristan, Alyssa, and Mykala; parents, Byron and Martha Janke; the love of her life, Matt Sands, and his daughters, Victoria and Paige, who she accepted and treated as her own children; sister, Chelsey (Ryan) Talley; brother, Jason (Heather) Olson; niece, Madison; nephews, Jeremiah, and Brayden; maternal grandmother, Doris Vos; and numerous Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. She is predeceased by her nephews, Brantley and Sawyer Talley, paternal grandparents, Clifford and Elsie Janke and Jean Janke, and maternal grandfather, Jim Vos.
Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 12:00 PM, at Stateline Church, 601 N Perryville Rd, Rockford, IL 61107, with Pastor Gregg Giamalva officiating. Services will be live streamed online at stateline.online.church. A walk through visitation will be on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 from 5:00 – 8:00 pm at Fitzgerald Funeral Home & Crematory, 1860 S. Mulford Road, Rockford, IL 61108. Please wear a mask and practice social distancing. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Epilepsy Foundation, https://donate.epilepsy.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.event&eventID=747 or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, https://www.stjude.org/donate. These biblical words were of comfort to Chrystelle, “Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9. Please share condolences and memories online at www.fitzgeraldfh.com.