Obituaries
Jeannine D. Kakuske
May 18, 2022
Jeannine D. Kakuske, age 80, of Janesville passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center. She was born in Janesville on October 16, 1941, the daughter of Alvin and Marian (Gregory) Kakuske. She was a graduate of Janesville Senior High School in 1960. Jeannine married Ron P. Owen on September 14, 1968. They were married...
James "Jim" Henry Dumke
May 18, 2022
James (Jim) Henry Dumke (aged 73) Wednesday, May 18, 2022 peacefully at home in Janesville, WI. He was born in Ottawa, IL on October 21, 1948 to the late Doris and Leonard Dumke. Jim married Gayle Olsen September 6, 1969 in a double ceremony with Gayle’s twin sister in Seneca, IL.
After graduating from high school, he attended political science at...
Phyllis Anne Turner
May 16, 2022
Phyllis Anne Turner, age 76, of Janesville passed away on Monday, May 16, 2022 at Mercy Hospital & Trauma Center. She was born on April 19, 1946 in Ottumwa, IA, the daughter of Harold and Margaret Winters Elliott.
Phyllis was employed as a registered nurse for 30 years in the veteran’s hospitals in Knoxville, IA and in San Antonio, TX.
Phyllis is...
Timothy Alan Frank
May 16, 2022
Timothy Alan Frank, age 64, of Janesville, WI, passed away unexpectedly following an apparent heart attack on Monday, May 16, 2022. He was born on May 2, 1958 in Lafayette, IN, the son of Gene and Mary Lou (Zimmerman) Frank.
Tim graduated from Elk Grove (IL) High School and received a degree in architecture in 1980 from the University of Illinois...
William G. Brown
May 14, 2022
William G. Brown, age 73, of Janesville, WI joined his wife, Charlene Brown in Heaven on May 14, 2022 following a short bout with cancer. He was born in Janesville on May 4, 1949, the son of George and Lillian (Schmitt) Brown. He grew up in Janesville and graduated from Janesville High School in 1967.
William married Charlene Minarick on March...
Lynette Ann Wagman
May 14, 2022
Lynette Ann (Falk) Wagman, of Janesville passed away on May 14, 2022 at Nazareth Health and Rehabilitation Center in Stoughton, WI. Lynette was born on August 26, 1956 to Vernon Leroy Falk and Barbara Jean (Martin) Falk at Mercy Hospital in Janesville, WI.
Lynette was a 1975 graduate at Craig Sr. High School. She began working before graduation as a unit...
Gertrude "Trudy" Stansfield
May 10, 2022
Gertrude “Trudy” Stansfield, age 97, of Janesville, WI passed away on May 10, 2022 at Cedar Crest in Janesville. She formerly resided in Hale Michigan and Southgate Michigan. Gertrude was born on March 5, 1925 in Detroit, MI, one of eight children born to George and Grace Crawford. She was married John J.R. Stansfield for 58 years prior to his...
Betty J. Hantke
May 9, 2022
JANESVILLE - Betty Jean Hantke, age 89, a long-time Janesville resident, passed away at Edgerton Care Center on Monday, May 9, 2022. Betty was born in Porter Township, Rock County, WI on August 8, 1932, the daughter of Arnold and Isabelle (Schultz) Klementz. She graduated from Janesville High School in 1950.
Betty married Robert A. “Bob” Hantke, Sr., on October 2,...
Luther O. Fingerson
Apr 30, 2022
JANESVILLE - Luther O. “Luke” Fingerson, age 94 of Janesville, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at Rock Haven Nursing Home. He was born on November 4, 1927, in Livingston, Iowa County, Wis., the son of Henry and Mae (Lee) Fingerson. He graduated from Dodgeville High School in 1947.
Luke was drafted into the U.S. Army at the start of...
Beverly Jean Bobolz
Apr 29, 2022
Beverly Jean Bobolz, age 83, of Avalon passed away Friday April 29, 2022 at SSM Health St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital. Beverly was born in Osage, IA on April 23, 1939, the daughter of Peter and Bertha (McDowell) Spoden. She grew up in Janesville and graduated from Janesville High School in 1957.
Beverly married Gene A. Bobolz on September 28, 1957. Together,...
David Ray Dobson
Apr 25, 2022
David Ray Dobson of Janesville, WI passed away at home on April 25, 2022. No services will be held.
Mary Jo Whitford
Apr 20, 2022
Mary Jo Whitford, age 77, of Janesville died on April 20, 2022 at Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center. She was born in Neptune, NJ on January 25, 1945, the daughter of Charles W. Cady and Mary O. Cady. She graduated from Janesville High School in 1963.
Mary Jo married Roy C. Whitford on June 27, 1964 at St. Mary’s Church in...
William A. Huset
Apr 18, 2022
EVANSVILLE, WIS. - William Allen “Bill” Huset, age 42, of Evansville, Wis., passed away at his home on April 18, 2022. He was born on July 27, 1979, in La Crosse, Wis., the son of Garry and Connie (Peterson) Huset. He grew up in La Crosse and graduated from La Crosse Logan High School in 1997.
Bill married Tia Cowan on...
Patricia Kaye Smith
Apr 16, 2022
Patricia Kaye Smith, age 66, of Janesville passed away on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center. She was born in Janesville on December 7, 1955, the daughter of George and Jacquelyn (Knutson) Clatworthy. She grew up in Janesville, attended Janesville schools and graduated from Craig High School in 1974. She married Timothy J. “Tiger” Smith on...
Addie Mae Lyons
Apr 13, 2022
Addie Mae (Lambert) Lyons, 92, of Janesville WI, passed away peacefully at Agrace Hospice on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Addie was born in Stella, NE, the daughter of George and Gladys (Young) Lambert and grew up on a farm in Hiawatha, KS. She attended a one-room schoolhouse before going on to graduate from Kansas State University, where she met her...
Andrew J. Hallmark
Apr 8, 2022
Andrew J. (Andy) Hallmark of Janesville joined his parents in heaven on Friday, April 8, 2022 at the age of 51.
Andy was born January 28, 1971, son of Robert and Georgia Hallmark.
Andy graduated from Evansville High School in 1989. He then began his 32-year career at IKI Manufacturing Company in Edgerton, WI. Andy was hardworking, took great pride in his...
George P. Kelly
Apr 7, 2022
JANESVILLE - George Patrick Kelly age 88, of Janesville passed away peacefully at Azura Memory Care in Beloit, Wis., on April 7, 2022. He was born in Janesville on February 23, 1934, the son of George and Mary Agnes (Daly) Kelly. He married his childhood sweetheart and love of his life, June (McNamee) on November 25, 1953. He was a...
William M. Landers
Mar 31, 2022
BELOIT - William Michael “Bill” Landers went peacefully to his Lord on March 31, 2022, while at his winter home in Surprise, AZ. Born October 22, 1930, in rural Henry, Ill., to Anna and Lewis Landers, Bill was united in marriage on Valentine’s Day, 1953 to Jacqualine Lora Patterson in the Cathedral of Saint Mary, Peoria, Ill.
Joining the Marine Corps...
Carolyn Faye Brenneka
Mar 13, 2022
Carolyn Faye Brenneka, age 82, of Janesville passed away on March 13,2022 at Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center. She was born on August 7, 1939, the daughter of Carroll and Faye Annette (Wallace) Wakefield. She graduated from Milton High School. Carolyn married Elmer Brenneka on September 19, 1959.
Carolyn was formerly employed by Accudyne Corporation. She enjoyed being a mother, caring...
Marie L. (Schramm) Martin
Mar 11, 2022
JANESVILLE - Marie L. (Schramm) Martin, age 93 of Janesville, passed away on March 11,2022, at St. Elizabeth Nursing Home in Janesville. She was born on February 11, 1929, in Montreal, Wis., the daughter of William and Esther (Nortunen) Hurula. She was a graduate of Drummond, Wis. High School.
Marie married Frank Schramm on June 6, 1947. He died on October...
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