Obituaries
Carol J. Raber
Jan 25, 2024
JANESVILLE - Carol J. Raber age 87 of Janesville passed away on January 25, 2024, at Willowick Assisted Living in Janesville where she had made her home for the past 4 years. Carol was born on August 3, 1936, in Ladysmith, WI, the daughter of Earl and Elsie (Baker) Gray. She graduated from Ladysmith High School in 1954.
Carol married the...
Kenneth J. Dremsa
Jan 25, 2024
Kenneth J. Dremsa, age 92 of Janesville, WI passed away on January 25, 2024 at Mercy Hospital & Trauma Center. The son of Edward J and Elizabeth (Bomkamp) Dremsa, he was born in Crawford County, WI where he grew up on the family farm. This is where he acquired his love for farming, and especially for horses. As a young...
Jeffrey Thomas Bluhm
Jan 24, 2024
Jeffrey Thomas Bluhm, age 58, of Janesville passed away at Mercy Hospital on January 24, 2024. He was born on July 31, 1965 in Janesville, the son of Thomas and Carol (Schroeder) Bluhm.
Jeffrey was a graduate of Parker High School. He was formerly employed by Cummins Industries.
Jeffrey is survived by two children; Thomas Jeffrey Bluhm and Tyler Christopher Bluhm; three...
Deborah Lynn Hess
Jan 24, 2024
Deborah Lynn Hess, age 70 of Janesville passed away on January 24, 2024 at St. Elizabeth Nursing Home. She was born in Janesville on September 22,1953 the daughter of Thomas V. and Phyllis (Sarow) Cantwell. She grew up in the Edgerton area and graduated from Edgerton High School in 1971.
Deborah was formerly married to Tobin Hess and they had two...
Gregory A. Lein
Jan 20, 2024
JANESVILLE - Gregory A. Lein, age 74, of Janesville, went home to be with the lord on January 20, 2024, at Mercy Hospital, after a long battle with Dementia. A visitation will be held on Monday, January 29, 2024, at Roxbury Church of Christ in Janesville, WI from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., service to follow at 12 p.m. Pastor...
Douglas Robert Baker
Jan 20, 2024
Douglas Robert Baker, age 80, of Evansville Manor, a former Janesville resident passed away at Mercy Hospital on January 20, 2024. He was born on May 13, 1943 in Rochester, NY the son of Charles and Lillian (Berlew) Baker. He grew up in Penfield, NY where he attended school. While in his senior year in high school, Douglas joined the...
Donna Lee Verch
Jan 19, 2024
Donna Lee Verch of Janesville passed away surrounded by her family at her home on Friday, January 19, 2024. She was 83 years old. She was born April 27, 1940 in Mauston WI the daughter of Norman and Beatrice (Moore) Watts. She grew up in Janesville and graduated from Janesville High School in 1959.
Donna married Stephen Norling on March 25,...
Richard "Dick" Wagner
Jan 18, 2024
Richard Leo Wagner (Dick), age 84, a life-long Bradford Township resident passed away January 18, 2024, at Mercy Hospital & Trauma Center. Born July 2, 1939, the son of Leo and Julia (Reagles) Wagner, he attended Clinton High School and was a U.S. Army veteran having served in Korea during the war.
Dick married Marletta Brockman who preceded him in death...
Mary J. Lencho
Jan 17, 2024
JANESVILLE - Born September 22, 1930, Mary Jane Lencho (nee Rigg) died at her home January 17, 2024, after a short stretch of hospice care. Mary entered the world in Harvey, IL, in south suburban Chicagoland. She was the daughter of William F. and Ethel (nee Van Schepen) Rigg. She married Milo Lencho in 1950. After Milo's death, she married...
James Joseph McCalmont
Jan 13, 2024
James Joseph McCalmont went home to be with his heavenly father on January 13, 2024. He was born to Joseph and Beatrice (Witcraft) McCalmont on August 28, 1951, in Janesville, WI. He went to George S Parker High School and graduated in 1969. James enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1970 and was very proud to serve our...
Thomas F. Brown
Jan 11, 2024
Thomas Floyd Brown of Janesville, WI passed away after a 2 1/2 year battle with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma at the age of 79, on Thursday January 11, 2024 at home surrounded by family. He was born in Janesville on July 24th 1944, the son of Merritt and Regena Brown. Tom graduated from Janesville High School in 1963. He was in the...
Helen Joyce Anderson
Jan 10, 2024
Helen Joyce (Mansfield) Anderson of Janesville was born May 12, 1936 in Beloit, WI, the daughter of William and Esther (Hanson) Mansfield. She passed away peacefully on January 10, 2024 at the Agrace Center for Hospice and Palliative Care.
Helen grew up in Beloit and graduated from Beloit Memorial High School in 1954. She graduated from Rockford Memorial Hospital School of...
Kenneth Y. Stricker
Jan 9, 2024
Kenneth Y. Stricker, a life-long Janesville area resident passed away Tuesday night, January 9, 2024 at Oak Park Place at age 98. He was born in Milton on December 2, 1925, the son of Carl and Myrtle (Yale) Stricker. He grew up on a farm near Milton and graduated from Milton Union High School at age 16 as valedictorian of...
Lois Mae Baes
Jan 3, 2024
Lois Mae Baes, age 97, a life-long Janesville resident, passed away at Rock Haven Nursing Home on Wednesday night, January 3, 2024, surrounded by her family. She was born in Janesville on February 17, 1926, the daughter of Ivan and Anna (Nelson) Bernard. She was a graduate of Janesville High School. During World War II, Lois was a “Rosie the...
Vicki Buehl
Jan 2, 2024
SIMPSONVILLE, SC/JANESVILLE, WI - Surrounded by the love of her family, Victoria Elaine Buehl unexpectedly, yet peacefully, departed this world on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, in Greenville, South Carolina. Born on July 21, 1951, in Edgerton, WI to Rolland (Bud) and Elaine (Meissner) Holliday, Vicki was the much-anticipated baby girl, joining her two older brothers to round out the Holliday...
Irene L. Paape
Dec 27, 2023
Irene L. Paape, age 90 of Janesville, WI passed away on December 27, 2023, at the Agrace Center for Hospice and Palliative Care. She was born October 29, 1933, on the family farm near Cedar Falls, IA, the fifth child of Walter and Marie Bast. She attended a one room country school for two years where her brother was the...
Earl Campbell
Dec 25, 2023
Earl Campbell, age 86 of Janesville, WI died on December 25, 2023 at St. Elizabeth Nursing Home, Janesville. He was born on October 25, 1937 in Perry County, KY, the son of Oscar and Gypsie Campbell. Earl grew up in Hazard, KY and was a graduate of Buckhorn High School.
Earl married Betty New on April 27, 1977. She preceded him...
Ilah Mae Sessler
Dec 20, 2023
JANESVILLE - Ilah Mae Sessler, age 96, of Janesville, WI passed away on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, at Our House Assisted Living in Janesville. She was born in Bellingham, MN on April 29, 1927, the daughter of Charles and Alice (Olson) Mooney.
Ilah was a graduate of Janesville High School. She married Robert L. Sessler on September 11, 1948. She was...
Faye Marie Bidwell
Dec 19, 2023
Faye Marie Bidwell, age 92, of Cedar Crest, Janesville, died on December 19, 2023. She was born to Walter and Hazel Schmidlkofer, in Chilton, WI, on August 2, 1931. She moved with her family to Janesville in 1943 so that her brother and sister could attend the State School for the Blind and Visually Handicapped and live at home. She...
Victor N. Hanson
Dec 18, 2023
Victor N. Hanson, age 80 of Janesville, WI passed away on Monday, December 18, 2023 at Beloit Memorial Hospital. He was born on November 19, 1943 in Edgerton, WI, the son of Carl and Alice (Bass) Hanson. He graduated from Beloit Memorial High School in 1962 and attended Milton College. Victor was a U.S. Air Force veteran.
Victor married Kilea Holmes...
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