Frances Jeanette Clark was born in Kitchener and began her teaching career in Bloomingdale, Ontario. She then taught in Borden, Saskatchewan before returning to Kitchener for 34 years of her 40 year long teaching career. Jeanette was also involved in a number of professional and volunteer organizations including helping to organize the local Women Teachers Federation, the Kitchener-Waterloo Retired Teachers Association and various organizations of Glen Acres Baptist Church.