Obituaries
Cleo Marie Harju
Jun 12, 2020
Cleo Marie Harju, age 82, of Janesville, WI passed away at her home on Friday, June 12, 2020. She was born in Durand, WI on July 20, 1937, the daughter of Raymond and Ethel (Sykes) Lieffring. She grew up in the Rice Lake, WI area and graduated from Rice Lake High School.
Cleo was employed by the United States Federal Government...
Mabel M. Phillips
Jun 11, 2020
Mabel M. “Linda” Phillips, age 84, a life-long Janesville resident passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at Agrace Center for Hospice & Palliative Care. She was born on November 21, 1935 in Janesville, the daughter of Sigvald and Amelia (Hoesly) Olson. She graduated from Janesville High School in 1954 and attended Madison Business College. After she finished school, Mabel...
Thomas W. Cornelius
Jun 9, 2020
Thomas W. Cornelius, age 87, of Janesville passed away at St. Elizabeth Manor in Footville on June 9, 2020. He was born in Wichita, KS on May 4, 1933, the son of Ray and Clothilde Cornelius. He grew up in Kansas City, KS and graduated from Culver Stockton College in Canton, MO.
Thomas served in the U.S. Army during the Korean...
Barbara D. Emard
Jun 6, 2020
Barbara D. Emard, age 69 of Janesville, WI passed away Saturday, June 6, 2020 at Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center. She was born on September 19, 1950 in Berwyn, IL, the daughter of Herbert and Marion (Schweitzer) Noland. She grew up in Lyons, IL where she graduated from high school.
Barbara married Terry A. Emard on June 12, 1971. She was...
Dale E. Krueger
Jun 3, 2020
Dale E. Krueger, age 85, of Janesville passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 following a strong battle for the past year with lung cancer. He was born on January 31, 1935 in Milton, the son of Richard and Marie (Clarke) Krueger. He married Barbara Jewell on October 1, 1955 and they were married for 62...
Ronald M. Yager
Jun 3, 2020
Ronald M. Yager, age 88, of Janesville, WI passed away on Wednesday June 3, 2020 at Autumn Lake Health Care in Beloit. He was born on May 13, 1932 in Buffalo, MN, the son of Gilbert and Minnie (Herman) Yager.
Ron grew up in Montrose, MN and began helping at Yager’s Market, a general store his parents operated in Montrose at...
Lloyd D. Swenson
May 27, 2020
Lloyd Dwayne Swenson, age 87, of rural Evansville, WI passed away at Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 following a brief illness. He was born on March 3, 1933 in Green County, WI, the son of Milo and Mabel (Johnson) Swenson. He grew up in Green County and graduated from Blanchardville High School.
Lloyd met Betty Ann...
Betty J. Evans
May 22, 2020
JANESVILLE - Betty Jean Evans, age 91 of Janesville, passed away Friday, May 22, 2020 at Oak Park Place in Janesville. Betty was born on August 7, 1928 in Clinton, WI the daughter of Lora L. (Blackburn) and Archie W. Christman, Sr. She married John (Jack) E. Evans on December 31, 1949.
Betty partnered in business with her husband to run...
Harold Clayton Olson
May 22, 2020
Harold Clayton Olson, age 73 of Janesville, passed away on Friday morning, May 22, 2020 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison. He was born on September 6, 1946 in Beaver Dam, WI, the son of Olaf and Gertrude (Essmann) Olson. He graduated from Janesville High School.
Harold was a member of the U.S. Navy from October 4, 1965 until September 23,...
Martha M. Kufrin
May 16, 2020
Martha Mary Kufrin, age 96 of Janesville, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2020, at the Agrace Center for Hospice & Palliative Care in Janesville. She was born on May 18, 1923 in Kenosha, WI to Julius and Anna Urban who immigrated to the United States from Czechoslovakia after World War I.
After graduating from Mary D. Bradford High School in...
Frieda F. Lubkeman
May 12, 2020
On May 12, 2020, Frieda F. Lubkeman met her life goal - to be face to face with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Frieda was born in Fulton, MO, the daughter of Jewett and Myrtle (Jatho) Franklin on October 4, 1930. Frieda had an unshakable Christian faith and a passion for music. Blessed with a beautiful voice she loved...
Betty J. White
May 9, 2020
Betty Jane White, age 91, a long-time Avalon area resident died Saturday, May 9, 2020 at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg, Wis. She was born on August 15, 1928 in Oregon, Wis., the daughter of Charles and Jeanette (Richardson) Aldrich. She was graduate of Milton Union High School.
Betty was active in farming in Bradford Township for many years. She also worked...
Diana Dawn Ward
May 4, 2020
Diana Dawn “Dee” Ward, age 59, of Janesville passed away at Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center on May 4, 2020. She was born in Janesville on August 2, 1960, the daughter of Frederick J and Ellen (Klumph) Ward.
Dee graduated from Joseph A. Craig high School in 1978. She attended Madison Area Technical College where she received a licensed practical nursing...
William Henry Dyer
May 3, 2020
William Henry Dyer, age 70 of Janesville, lost his battle with dementia on May 3, 2020. It was a long battle. He was born May 14, 1949, the son of James Elza Dyer and Helen (Schneller) Dyer.
He graduated in 1968 from Craig High School in Janesville. He joined the U.S. Marines Corps in 1970 and was honorably discharged after 1½...
Lois A. Evenson
Apr 30, 2020
Lois Evenson, age 88, of Janesville passed away Thursday, April 30, 2020 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Janesville from complications after surgery. She was born January 31, 1932, in York Township, Green County, Wis. She was number nine of the ten children of Benhard and Helga Jeglum. She was the last surviving member of the family. She was married at Old...
Marlene A. Larsen
Apr 29, 2020
Marlene Ann Larsen, age 95, of Clinton died Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at Alden Meadow Park Rehabilitation and Health Care in Clinton. She was born in September of 1924 in Rock County, the daughter of Gilbert I. and Alice E. (Hill) Lloyd.
She was a 1942 graduate of Janesville High School, attended Janesville Vocational School and was later employed by General...
Frank J. Splinter, Jr.
Apr 26, 2020
Frank Jerome Splinter, Jr., age 87 of Janesville, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2020 at Rock Haven Nursing Home from complications of diabetes. He was born on Feb. 17, 1933 in Janesville, the son of Frank Sr. and Grace (Greenwood) Splinter. On March 31, 1951, he married Mary Theresa Kelly-Lohrman. Mary preceded him in death in 2002, and on September...
Shirley M. Pennycook
Apr 24, 2020
Shirley M. Pennycook, age 92, of Janesville passed away April 24, 2020 at Oak Park Place. She was born November 21, 1927 in Milton, WI, the daughter of Clarence and Frances (Patterson) Carroll. She graduated from Milton Union High School in 1945. She was married on May 1, 1948 to Frank J. Pennycook at the Milton Congregational Church.
Shirley was employed...
Marguerite C. Willison
Apr 20, 2020
Marguerite Clara (Chesmore) Willison, age 82, a life-long Janesville/ Beloit/ Oregon, WI area resident passed away April 20, 2020 at Sun Valley Terrace in Beloit. She was born on September 11, 1937 in Janesville, the daughter of Edgar and Clara (Grunzel) Hodge. She grew up in Janesville and graduated from Janesville High School in 1956.
Marguerite married Victor Chesmore on September...
Frank J. Pennycook
Apr 17, 2020
Frank J Pennycook, age 93, of Janesville, WI passed away at SSM St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital on April 17, 2020. He was born March 2, 1927 in Janesville, the son of Stuart and Anna (Kersten) Pennycook.
He graduated from Janesville High School in 1945 and served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1945 to 1947. He married Shirley Carroll on May...
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