Obituaries

Stephen E. Mason

Stephen E. Mason

Mar 6, 2023

Stephen Edward Mason, age 62 of Janesville, WI died on March 6, 2023 at his home. Services will be at a later date in Seneca, IL.

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Betty Lou Rutter

Betty Lou Rutter

Mar 5, 2023

Betty Lou (Ward) Rutter, 85, of Janesville, WI passed away on March 5 after a brief stay at Cedar Crest Rehabilitation Center in Janesville. Betty was born on October 23, 1937 in Prairie du Chien, WI to Frederick “Earl” and Anna (Konichek) Ward. After graduating from high school, Betty worked as a nurse’s aide where she met a young patient...

Jean Kutz

Jean Kutz

Mar 4, 2023

Jean Kutz, age 93 of Janesville, WI passed away at her home on March 4, 2023. She was born on November 3,1929 in Wittenberg, Wisconsin, the daughter of William and Louise Mavis. She was raised on a farm outside of Wittenberg.

Jean married Donald G. Kutz on August 20, 1949. They farmed south of Janesville in La Prairie Township. Jean and...

Joan Elaine Noe

Joan Elaine Noe

Feb 23, 2023

Joan Elaine Henning Noe, age 90, of Janesville, WI passed away at Cedar Crest Assisted Living in Janesville on February 23, 2023. Joan was born February 27, 1932, in Janesville, Wisconsin to the late Orville and Jessie Henning. Joan married Lyle Noe in 1966. Lyle preceded her in death in 2020.

Joan worked as a secretary and receptionist. She was a...

Shelley Lynn Sheridan

Shelley Lynn Sheridan

Feb 21, 2023

Shelley Lynn Sheridan, age 60, of Janesville, WI passed away on February 21, 2023 at Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center. She was born in Janesville on July 1, 1962, the daughter of Phillip and Candy (Vail) Sheridan. She graduated from Craig High School. Shelley resided in the Janesville area for most of her life where she was a stay-at-home mom...

Joyce Grace Aldrich

Joyce Grace Aldrich

Feb 7, 2023

Joyce Grace Aldrich, age 88, a long-time Bradford Township resident passed away at Willowick Assisted Living in Clinton on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. She was born on October 1, 1934, on the family farm in Walworth County, the youngest of five children of Arthur and Violet (Baker) Vant. She graduated from Lake Geneva Regional High School in 1952.

Joyce married Percy...

Arlene Ann Schlueter

Arlene Ann Schlueter

Feb 6, 2023

Arlene Ann Schlueter, age 94, of Janesville died at her home on February 6, 2023, after a brief illness. She was born in Monroe, Wisconsin on March 8, 1928. Arlene graduated from Janesville High School in 1946. After a brief stint in accounting at General Motors, she married the love of her life Richard Schlueter on September 30, 1950. They...

Jill M. Bjork

Jill M. Bjork

Feb 3, 2023

Jill M. Bjork, age 82, of Janesville, WI passed away on Friday, February 3, 2023, at Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center. She was born Merri Jillene White on September 22, 1940, in Monroe, WI, the daughter of Henry E. and Phyllis (Cain) White. She married Stuart Ronald Bjork on June 11, 1960.

Jill was employed by Ben Franklin Department Store for...

Ladislav J. Vrany

Ladislav J. Vrany

Feb 1, 2023

Ladislav J. “Lad” Vrany, age 91 of Janesville passed away at his home on February 1, 2023. He was born in Chicago, IL on December 29, 1931, the son of Jerry and Libby (Dvorak) Vrany. He grew up in Berwyn, IL where his life-long interest in aviation began with his father taking him to Midway Airport to watch the incoming...

Carol "Kelly" Rudd

Carol "Kelly" Rudd

Jan 31, 2023

Carol Jean “Kelly” Chapman Rudd, a long-time Janesville, WI resident passed away surrounded by family January 31,2023 at Island Shores Retirement Community in Neenah, WI. She was born April 23, 1924, in South Wayne, WI, the daughter of Jay William and Ida Ruth (Jones) Chapman. She graduated from South Wayne High School in 1942. She attended Cornell College in Mt....

Brian D. Jones

Brian D. Jones

Jan 30, 2023

Brian D. Jones, 59, a lifelong Janesville resident, passed away peacefully on January 30, 2023, surrounded by his loving family, at Agrace in Janesville. Brian fought hard to remain active after his Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s diagnoses in 2008.

Brian was born on May 8, 1963, to Allen and Sharleanne (Ott) Jones. He graduated from Craig High School in 1981. He...

Joseph C. Guido

Joseph C. Guido

Jan 24, 2023

Joseph (Joe) C. Guido, Sr. age 90, of Janesville, WI formerly of Delavan, WI passed away on January 24, 2023. Joe is survived by his wife of 58 years, Mary, son Colonel Joseph C. Guido, Jr. (Heather Farrell), daughter Lisa Guido (Giuliano Schmid) and grandchildren Leila, Valerio, and Grace. Joe grew up in Chicago’s “Little Italy” and graduated from Harrison...

Roger S. Apted

Roger S. Apted

Jan 21, 2023

MILTON - Roger Stanhope Apted, age 82 of Milton, passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2023, at SSM Health St. Marys Hospital in Janesville.

Private graveside services will be held at Milton Cemetery, Milton, Wis.

Henke-Clarson Funeral Home of Janesville is assisting the family. Online condolences can be made at www.henkeclarson.com.

Elinor Lina Lorum

Elinor Lina Lorum

Jan 19, 2023

Elinor Lina Lorum, age 88, of Janesville, WI passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2023, at Mercyhealth Hospital surrounded by her family. She was born on January 7, 1935, in Springfield, MA, the daughter of Maximillian and Hilda Poellmann who had immigrated from Germany a few years prior. Elinor grew up with her sister, Rosemary, in Springfield, where she graduated...

Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Meyer

Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Meyer

Jan 18, 2023

Lawrence Joseph “Larry” Meyer, age 76, a life-long Janesville resident died suddenly on January 18,2023 surrounded by the staff of Delavan Health Services where he had made his home for the past two years. You will probably remember him best as the outgoing guy who sat in his garage with his Sheltie “Charlie” on Liberty Lane as the neighborhood greeter

Lawrence...

James A. Heine

James A. Heine

Jan 10, 2023

James A. Heine, age 86, of Janesville, WI passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at Mercyhealth Hospital. He was born in Janesville, WI on August 3,1936, the son of Alvin and Hulda (Feurbringer) Heine.

James graduated for Janesville Hight School in 1954. He married Ann Aiello on December 27,1958 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Beloit. The Heine’s resided in Beloit...

Patricia S. Schuler

Patricia S. Schuler

Jan 10, 2023

Patricia S Schuler of Janesville died peacefully at Mercyhealth Hospital in the early morning of January 10, 2023.

Patricia was born in the Chambersburg section of Trenton NJ to Pasquale and Irene Aversano. She attended St. Joachims’ catholic elementary school and then Steinert High School in Hamilton NJ where she graduated in 1964. In 1984, she received a degree in computer...

Lloyd R. Laskowski

Lloyd R. Laskowski

Jan 8, 2023

JANESVILLE - Lloyd Russell Laskowski, of Janesville, WI passed away peacefully at Agrace Hospice in Janesville on January 8, 2023. He was born December 14, 1929, on Cary Bluff in Clark County, WI, the son of Antone Laskowski and Ethel (McCann) Laskowski. He married Doris Marschner on June 20, 1952.

Lloyd grew up in the Cary Bluff region of Clark County,...

Ruben Cano Olvera

Ruben Cano Olvera

Jan 6, 2023

JANESVILLE - Ruben Cano Olvera, age 65, of Janesville, WI passed away January 6, 2023, at Mercy Hospital. He was born in Yuriria, Guanajuato, Mexico on November 20, 1957, the son of Nicolas and Ofelia Cano Olvera. He has been a Janesville area resident since the 1970’s and was employed by S & H Egg Farm in Palmyra until retiring.

Ruben...

Raymond R. Urbanowski

Raymond R. Urbanowski

Jan 5, 2023

JANESVILLE - Raymond Robert Urbanowski 97, of Janesville (Cedar Crest Assisted Living), died at Cedar Crest on Thursday, January 5, 2023, with his family at his side following a short illness. The son of Henry and Mary (Templin) Urbanowski was born on December 10, 1925, in Bradford Township, Wisconsin. He was a life-long Janesville, and later La Prairie Township, resident....