Obituaries
Ruth Ellen Wasson
Dec 13, 2022
Ruth Ellen Wasson, age 73, of Janesville passed away on December 13,2022 at Mercyhealth Hospital. She was born in Janesville on January 21, 1949, the daughter of Stanley Sr. and Ada (Jenks) Garvin. She grew up in Janesville and graduated from Janesville Senior High School in 1967.
Ruth was united in marriage to Robert A. Wasson on March 17, 1968. The...
Robert A. Swenson
Dec 11, 2022
Robert Allen Swenson, age 85, of Janesville, WI passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2022, at Cedar Crest Health Center. He was born on October 30, 1937, in New Ulm, MN, the son of Hilding and Mayme (Sogn) Swenson. He graduated from Winthrop High School, Winthrop, MN and Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN.
Robert married Ann Marie Arel on September...
Gerd E. Kanter
Dec 7, 2022
JANESVILLE - Gerd Elaine (Engebretson) Kanter passed into the Lord’s hands on December 7, 2022, at St. Elizabeth Manor, Footville. She was born on July 8, 1932, in Edgerton, the only child to Iver and Margaret Engebretson, Norwegian immigrants. She only spoke Norwegian when she started school but learned English and taught her parents fluent English. She graduated from Edgerton...
Clifford E. Walker
Dec 6, 2022
Clifford E. Walker, age 90 of Janesville, WI passed away on December 6, 2022 at Brook Garden Place in Lake Mills, WI. He was born on August 4, 1932, to William and Edith (Korth) Walker. He attended school in Delavan and graduated from Delavan High School in 1950. Out of high school he worked a variety of jobs, but spent...
Heidi E. Johnson
Dec 1, 2022
JANESVILLE - Heidi Elizabeth Johnson, age 53, of Janesville, passed away peacefully at home Thursday, December 1, 2022, following a lifetime of increasingly debilitating health issues that challenged her, but never defined her. Born in Cudahy, WI, on July 10, 1969, Heidi was the daughter of Earl and Gretchen Goelz and the oldest of six children. Heidi married James Johnson...
Floyd T. Lemmer
Nov 30, 2022
Floyd T. Lemmer, age 86 of Janesville passed away at Our House Assisted Living on Wednesday November 30, 2022. He was born in Wausau, WI on December 16, 1935 the son of Arthur and Christine (Muelbeck) Lemmer. He grew up in Marathon, WI where he graduated from high school.
Floyd married Patricia Jean Dillion in September of 1962. He was employed...
Donald E. Gunderson
Nov 24, 2022
Donald (Donnie) Elmer Gunderson died on Thursday, November 24, 2022 at Mercy after a short illness. Don was born on August 8, 1961 in Janesville, Wisconsin to Russell and JoAnne Gunderson. Don graduated from Parker High School. Don married Peggy Wood on June 15, 1990.
Over his work career, Don drove truck for several companies, including most recently, The Delong Corporation....
Ruth Irene Tschetter
Nov 22, 2022
Ruth Irene (Anderson) Tschetter, 93, of Janesville, WI, joined her Lord in Heaven on November 22, 2022. Ruth loved her Lord with all of her heart and was looking forward to spending eternity with Him. She was born on September 4, 1929, in Darien, Wisconsin; the daughter of Lawrence and Myrtle (Townsend) Anderson. She attended school in Delavan, Wisconsin. Ruth...
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...
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