Obituaries
Marilyn Elizabeth Kelley
Nov 21, 2022
Marilyn Elizabeth Kelley, age 84, of Janesville, WI passed away on Monday, November 21, 2022 at SSM St. Mary’s Hospital, Madison. She was born on July 23, 1938 in Detroit, MI, the daughter of Wallace and Pearl (St Amond) Sanders. Marilyn attended Flint, MI public schools, St. John Vianney Catholic High School and Flint Junior College.
Marilyn married Bruce Kelley on...
Gwendolyn Faye Bergh
Nov 18, 2022
Gwendolyn Faye Bergh, age 60 of Janesville, WI passed away on November 18, 2022 at Mercyhealth Hospital. She was born on December 22, 1961 in Laeger, WV, the daughter of Frank and Mabel (Cox) Stinson. Gwen grew up in West Virginia and graduated from Iaeger High School.
After moving to the Janesville, WI area as a young woman, she was employed...
Joyce Esther Stapleton
Nov 15, 2022
Joyce (Esther) Stapleton has fought her last battle on earth. She was born on October 9, 1954, and went to be with her Lord and Savior, November 15, 2022. Esther was preceded in death by her parents John and Joyce Bos. Esther’s legacy continues through her loving husband of 48 years, Patrick. Her daughter’s Shannon Stapleton, Jennie (Brian) Abrahamson and...
Darlene M. Olson
Nov 10, 2022
JANESVILLE - Darlene Mae Olson, age 97 of Janesville, passed away Thursday, November 10, 2022, at Rock Haven Nursing Home. She was born on August 13, 1925, in Red Mound, Vernon County, WI, the daughter of John M. and Lizzie A. (Johnson) Hanson. She grew up in the Red Mound area until moving to Viroqua, WI.
During World War II, Darlene...
Larry Allen Anderson
Nov 9, 2022
Larry Allen Anderson, age 78 of Janesville, WI passed away at his home on November 9, 2022, surrounded by his daughters and partner, Joyce. He was born on May 15, 1944, in Viroqua, WI, the son of Howard Otto Anderson and Bernice Hope (Olsen) Anderson. He grew up on the family farm in Viroqua with his siblings and graduated from...
Gloria Jean Huschka
Nov 3, 2022
Gloria Jean Huschka, age 77, of Janesville passed away at Huntington Memory Care on Thursday, November 3, 2022. Gloria was born in Reedsburg, WI on June 19, 1945, the daughter of Wendell and Dorothy (Metcalf) Cassity. She grew up in Janesville and graduated from Janesville High School in 1963.
Gloria married Lloyd R. Huschka on April 4, 1964. She was employed...
Elaine C. Buehl
Oct 28, 2022
Janesville, WI - Elaine C. Buehl, age 80, passed away on Friday, October 28, 2022, surrounded by her loving family following a short illness. Elaine was an incredibly loving, hardworking, and resilient soul who will be sadly missed.
She was born in Sparta, WI, on November 12, 1941, the daughter of Earl and Dewile (Burch) Vieth. After graduating from Elroy High...
Dilan Edward John Grochola
Oct 19, 2022
Dilan Edward John Grochola, age 21 of Milton passed away at his home on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. He was born November 10, 2000.
Dilan was the beloved son of Julie Tennant-Grochola and Chris Grochola; loving brother of Caleb (Ashlie) Tennant, Desirea Grochola, Cade Scott and Johnny Grochola. He is further survived by his loving grandparents, aunts, uncles and many cousins....
William R. White
Oct 15, 2022
JANESVILLE, WI - William “Bill” White, age 87, passed away at Huntington Place on Saturday, October 15, 2022. He was born in Janesville on December 11, 1934, the son of Kenneth and Vera (McConnell) White. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Janesville and was a 1953 graduate of Janesville High School.
He married Catherine Fuder in 1957 in a Catholic...
Lavina E. Leger
Oct 14, 2022
Lavina E. Leger, passed away peacefully, on October 14, 2022 at Evansville Manor. She was born November 6, 1936 in Ottawa, IL to John and Ethel Osman. She lived in Ottawa, IL, Racine, WI and retired to Janesville, WI. She married her high school sweetheart, Paul Leger in l954. As she told many people over the years, “I chased him...
Dorothy E. Mishler
Oct 14, 2022
Dorothy E. Mishler, age 97 of Janesville was born on June 26, 1925 in Oelwein Iowa to James and Anna Mishler. She graduated from Aurora High School in 1943. She attended Cook’s Secretarial School in Oelwein where she earned a two-year degree.
Dorothy began her career at Gardner Machine Company in Beloit Wisconsin working many years as a secretary. She was...
Nancy Jane Nienhuis
Oct 13, 2022
Nancy Jane Nienhuis, a lifetime resident of Janesville and LaPrairie Township, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2022, at Cedar Crest Assisted Living in Janesville, WI.
Nancy Jane Nienhuis was born at home,“The Good Acres,” on November 23, 1932 to George D. and Ruby E. Conway. She attended the one-room Gravel Hill School until the eighth grade. Nancy grew up farming alongside...
Ronald Clarence Benisch
Oct 8, 2022
Ronald Clarence Benisch, age 74 of Fort Atkinson, WI passed away on Saturday, October 8, 2022 at Fort Health Care. He was born in Columbus, WI on January 29, 1948, the son of Clarence and Anna (Maertz) Benisch. He grew up in Waterloo, WI where he graduated from high school and was employed for many years by Perry Printing Company.
Ronald...
Matthew David "Pud" Benedict
Oct 7, 2022
Matthew David “Pud” Benedict, age 42 of Beloit, WI passed away at Beloit Memorial Hospital on Friday, October 7, 2022. He was born on June 18, 1980 in Janesville, the son of David Benedict and Lori (Church) Snyder.
Pud grew up in Janesville and graduated from Janesville Parker High School in 1998. While at Parker, he was a member of the...
Charline Elizabeth Oas
Oct 7, 2022
Charline Elizabeth Oas, age 93, of Janesville passed away at Rock Haven Nursing Home on Friday, October 7, 2022. She was born in Evansville, WI on July 18, 1929, the daughter of William Edgar and Elizabeth Lenore (Hope) Nance. She grew up in the Evansville area where she attended school. Charline married Herbert O. Oas on December 18, 1953 and...
Frances B. Schwengels
Oct 5, 2022
Frances Betty Schwengels, age 82 of Janesville passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at Cottages of Madison. She was born in Beloit, WI on February 4, 1940, the daughter of Fred Henry and Rose Alice (Eley) Schwengels. She grew up in Rock County where the family resided in the Clinton, Beloit and Janesville areas. She graduated from Janesville High...
Helen R. Pike
Oct 3, 2022
Helen R. Pike, age 93, of Janesville passed away at Agrace Center for Hospice and Palliative Care on October 3, 2022. She was born on October 8, 1928, in Fort Pierre, SD, the eight of nine children of Thomas S. and Maggie (McGraw) Ronan. She graduated from Fort Pierre High School in 1947.
Helen had been a Janesville resident since 1956....
Gladys L. Fosheim
Oct 3, 2022
Gladys L Fosheim, 99 of Janesville was called home Monday, October 3rd, 2022. She was born September 21, 1923 in Lone Rock Wisconsin the daughter of Otto & Jennie Schoonover. She graduated from Janesville High School in 1941. She married Gordon Emmons May 23, 1945. He preceded her in death on September 22, 1981. She married Gilman Fosheim on February...
Patricia A. Torsini
Oct 3, 2022
Patricia A. Torsini, age 90 of Janesville died Monday, October 3, 2022. Patricia was born on March 5,1932, the first child of Lawrence and Leona Polster at the home farm in Stratford, Wisconsin. She was educated at Stratford schools. On February 18,1950 she married Robert Bauer. Together they had three children.
On August 24,1968 she married Roy Torsini. Pat and Roy...
Lorraine A. Homan
Oct 1, 2022
JANESVILLE - Lorraine A. Homan, age 95, of Janesville WI passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family on Saturday, October 1, 2022. She was born on January 1, 1927, the daughter of Henry and Florence (Drahfal) Fredendall. She graduated from Janesville High School.
Lorraine married the love of her life, Donald Carl Homan on September 11, 1948. They were...
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