Obituaries

Vincent C. Mckeown

Vincent C. Mckeown

Jan 5, 2021

JANESVILLE – Vincent C. McKeown, 90, of Janesville peacefully passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at St. Elizabeth Nursing Home after a long, hard-fought battle with dementia. A lifelong resident of Janesville, he was born January 15, 1930, to Charles and Irene McKeown. After graduating from Janesville High School, he enlisted in the United States Navy and proudly served...

Lora Ann Schansberg

Lora Ann Schansberg

Dec 31, 2020

Lora Ann Schansberg, age 29, of Janesville passed away peacefully in the loving arms of her parents and siblings Thursday, December 31, 2020 at Agrace Center for Hospice & Palliative Care. She was born June 8, 1991 in Janesville, the daughter of David S. and Mary Kathryn (Vukovich) Schansberg. She grew up in Janesville and graduated from Craig High School...

Donald Kenneth Guse

Donald Kenneth Guse

Dec 30, 2020

Donald Kenneth Guse, age 87, of Janesville, WI died Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at Cedar Crest. He was born on May 22, 1933 in Evansville, WI, the son of Otto and Erna (Gundlack) Guse. He grew up in Evansville and graduated from Evansville High School where he was active with numerous sports teams. Don served in the U. S. Army...

Michael Hebble

Michael Hebble

Dec 29, 2020

Michael Hebble, age 71, of Janesville passed away very unexpectedly at Mercy Hospital & Trauma Center on Tuesday, December 29, 2020. Michael was born May 8, 1949 in Rock Island, IL to the late Harry and Lorene (Schoenberg) Hebble. He attended U-Rock and Milton College. He retired from the Beloit College athletic department in 2009. Michael was a big fan...

Jeanne C. Schlafer

Jeanne C. Schlafer

Dec 27, 2020

JANESVILLE - Jeanne Carol Schlafer, age 86, of Janesville, WI died Sunday, December 27, 2020 at the Agrace HospiceCare Center in Fitchburg, WI. She was born on February 5, 1934 in Baraboo, WI, the daughter of Edward and Caroline (Raschein) Schultz. She married Dr. Richard J. Schlafer on March 31, 1956. He preceded her in death on July 19, 2015.

Jeanne...

William H. Raatz

William H. Raatz

Dec 26, 2020

William H. “Bill” Raatz, age 73, of Janesville, WI died at his home on Saturday, December 26, 2020. He was born on May 14, 1947 in Racine, WI, the son of Duane and Carole (Roycraft) Raatz. He graduated from Janesville Senior High School in 1965. He joined the U.S. Air Force on February 10, 1966 and served until December 1,...

Doris E. Pardee

Doris E. Pardee

Dec 22, 2020

Doris Ethel Pardee, age 94, a life-long Janesville resident, died Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at Cedar Crest where she had made her home for the past 6 years. Doris was born on August 13, 1926 in Janesville, the daughter of Walter and Dorothy (Higgins) Lentz. She graduated from Janesville High School in 1945. She married Alain L. Pardee on August...

Jake Albin Lumsden

Jake Albin Lumsden

Dec 22, 2020

Jake Albin Lumsden, age 28, of Janesville died Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at his home. He was born in Janesville on January 31, 1992, the son of John C. Lumsden and Jo E. (Hynek) Lumsden. He graduated from Craig High School in 2010 and attended Blackhawk Technical College earning a degree in Electrical Power Distribution.

Jake was employed by North American...

Virginia M. Mork

Virginia M. Mork

Dec 20, 2020

Virginia, M. “Ginny” Mork, age 90, of Janesville died at Heartwarming House, Milton on Sunday, December 20, 2020 and went to be with the love of her life, Gordon Mork. She was born on January 8, 1930 in Ogdensburg, WI, the daughter of Sidney and Fern Knutson. She graduated from Little Wolf High School in Manawa, WI in 1948. She...

Dorothy J. Wittenberg

Dorothy J. Wittenberg

Dec 20, 2020

Dorothy J. Wittenberg, age 95, of Janesville died Sunday, December 20, 2020 at Huntington Place. She was born on December 16, 1925 in Janesville, the daughter of Ernest and Emma (Mueller) Wittenberg. She grew up in Janesville and graduated from Janesville High School in 1943.

Dorothy and her sister, Dolores moved to Shorewood, Wis., in the 1950’s and Dorothy was employed...

Margaret L. Prochaska

Margaret L. Prochaska

Dec 17, 2020

Margaret Lynn Prochaska, age 70, of Janesville, Wis., died December 17, 2020 at her home. She was born on May 22, 1950 in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of Benjamin and Anna (Hamblin) Lunetto. She married Rodney A. Prochaska on June 11, 1993.

Margaret is survived by her husband, Rodney of Janesville; son, Matthew (Noelle) Prochaska, and their daughter, Evelyn of Rozellville,...

Harold E. Robb

Harold E. Robb

Dec 17, 2020

Harold “Hal” Robb, of Janesville, WI, passed away at home on Thursday, December 17, 2020.

Harold was born and raised in Chicago, IL, on November 30, 1931, to Harold and Ethel Robb. Hal was in the Navy Reserves in high school and served in the Korean War. After leaving the service, he attended the University of Minnesota/Minneapolis where he received his...

Lynn M. Gibson

Lynn M. Gibson

Dec 17, 2020

Lynn Marie Gibson, age 70, of Janesville died December 17, 2020 at Mercy Hospital & Trauma Center. Lynn was born on August 15, 1950 in Janesville the daughter of Edson and Mary Ann (Scott) Gibson. She graduated from Parker High School and was employed by De Vere Chemical Company for many years before her health failed. She had been a...

James O. Jenkins

James O. Jenkins

Dec 16, 2020

James O. Jenkins, age 78, of Milton, WI died Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at Alden Estates in Jefferson WI. He was born on January 10, 1942 in Portage, WI, the son of Orris and Natalie (Wagner) Jenkins. He grew up in Markesan, WI where he graduated from high school was an all-state football player and was proudly known as “Tank”....

Roscoe M. Iverson

Roscoe M. Iverson

Dec 14, 2020

Roscoe M. “Rocky” Iverson, age 92, of Janesville died Monday, December 14, 2020 at his home. He was born at Livingston, Grant County, WI on January 22, 1928, the son of Leonard and Leila (Place) Iverson. He grew up on the family farm in Livingston and graduated from Livingston High School. He served as a corpsman in the U. S....

Nancy A. Fetting

Nancy A. Fetting

Dec 11, 2020

Nancy A. Fetting, age 77, of Janesville died Friday, December 11, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on May 1, 1943 in Milwaukee, the only child of Harold and Marie (Winker) Wooddell. She grew up in Nekoosa, WI and Janesville where she graduated from Janesville High School in 1961.

Nancy married Siegfried A. Fetting on August...

Flora M. Helling

Flora M. Helling

Dec 7, 2020

Flora Marie Helling, age 92, a long-time Richmond, WI Township resident died Monday, December 7, 2020 at Silverado North Shore Memory Care Community, Glendale, WI. She was born on January 15, 1928 in Gladwin, MI, the daughter of Reynold and Martha (Koenke) Kranich. She grew up in Gladwin and graduated from high school there. She then attended and graduated from...

Gary R. Bordner

Gary R. Bordner

Dec 4, 2020

Gary Ray Bordner, age 62, of Pence, WI, a native of Janesville died Friday, December 4, 2020 of cancer and kidney failure at Essentia Health St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth, MN. He was born in Janesville on November 13, 1958, the son of Paul and Jane (Paul) Bordner. He grew up in Janesville. He graduated from Janesville Craig High...

William F. Jannisch

William F. Jannisch

Dec 4, 2020

William Fred Jannisch, age 83, of Janesville died on December 4, 2020. Bill was born December 26, 1936 the son of Fred and Helen (Roehrs) Jannisch. He graduated from Wonewoc High School in 1954. On June 15, 1957, Bill married his high school sweetheart, Jeanne Riedel at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wonewoc, WI. They shared 63 years of marriage....

Paul F. Schroeder

Paul F. Schroeder

Nov 29, 2020

JANESVILLE - Paul Fredrick Schroeder, age 88, of Janesville passed away peacefully on November 29, 2020 at St. Mary's Hospital in Janesville, Wisconsin. He was born in Beloit, Wisconsin on November 26, 1932 the son of Volney Schroeder and Florence (Olson) Schroeder.

He attended elementary school in Clinton and graduated in 1950 from Clinton High School. Following high school, Paul joined...