All Obituaries

     Juanita Marie Flater was born on Good Friday, April 15, 1949, to Alvin and Leila (Badertscher) Schwartzlow in Monroe, WI, seven years after her sister Patricia.  The only other time her birthday was on Good Friday was when she was 11 years old. Juanita went to be with her Precious Heavenly Father Saturday, February 22, 2020, after a courageous 11 year battle with cancer. Patricia and her husband Jim Cramblet's life ended tragically in 1964 eight months after...

Brodhead – Thomas Steele, age 76, passed away on February 13, 2020 while at his home surrounded by his family. Thomas was born on November 12, 1943 in Rockford, IL the son of Elden and Virginia Steele.  He married Margaret McCoy on April 1, 1962. Thomas worked on the family farm for over 30 years and also at the greenhouses with his family.  He first starting working at Hipps Fruit Farm in Janesville at the age of 12.  Thomas also enjoyed doing puzzles when he...

Brodhead – Gary Malkow, age 86, passed away while at home on February 9, 2020. Gary was born on July 1, 1933 in Janesville, WI, the son of Marvin and Ferrol (Riemer) Malkow. Gary married his wife of over 65 years, Elizabeth Huffman on July 24, 1954 at the Monroe Evangelical Church.  Gary graduated from Juda High School.  After his service in the U.S. Army, Gary joined his father and eventually took over the family dairy farm, Justamere Farm. Gary loved to work the farm, but...

     James R. McShane, age 98, Janesville, formerly of Brodhead, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2020, at the V.A. Hospital, Madison, WI.  He was born on July 13, 1921 in Conway, MO, the son of Andrew J. and Edna E. (Harris) McShane.  He married June A. Kiddell.  She passed away March 5, 1994.      Jim was a railroad engineer for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad prior to his retirement.  He also was a World War II Navy...

Brooklyn, WI/Durand, IL - Larry Lyons recently a resident of Brooklyn WI, a lifelong resident of Durand IL, passed away from lung cancer surrounded by family on February 8th 2020.  Larry was born on July 8 1948 in Rockford IL.   Son of Calvin Lyons and Helen Lyons (Sonny) Adler.  He graduated Durand High School class of 1966 and retired from Bay Valley Foods in Pecatonica in 2010.  Larry loved his Harley and going camping with his wife Diana and Larry had a knack...

Davis, IL – Wilma Jean Brown, age 92, passed away on February 2, 2020 while at the Monroe Hospice Home while surrounded by her family. Wilma was born on August 23, 1927 in Freeport, IL, the daughter of Willard and Elsie (Reed) Lapp.  She married Francis H. Brown on November 25, 1948 at the Dakota United Methodist Church.  Francis preceded her in death on May 29, 2016. Wilma liked crafts, macrame,sewing,crocheting,beading and embroidery. Gardening many beautiful flowers and...

Joan Johnson, 87, of Brodhead passed away peacefully on February 2, 2020, at Woods Crossing with her family by her side after a 30+ year battle with Parkinson’s disease.  Joan was born the daughter of Walter and Drusilla Carlson on 7/12/1932.  She met the love of her life, Arnold Johnson, at a barn dance and the two were married on August 28, 1954.  Within 10 months, they were blessed with their twin sons, and soon 3 more.  The couple farmed in the Brodhead...

Monroe – Julian Laverne Boss, age 57, died on January 29, 2020 at the Monroe Hospital in Monroe, WI. Julian was born on December 11, 1962 in Monroe the son of Ervin and Sally (Wilde) Boss. Julian enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping and watching Jeff Gordon and NASCAR and the Oakland Raiders. He always enjoyed attending the Beowulf and Apparition Biker Club parties.  Julian was looking forward to his daughters up and coming wedding on Valentines Day and most importantly, he enjoyed...

Brodhead – Carol Ann Ayen, age 74, passed away peacefully at her home in Brodhead. Carol was born the daughter of Leonard and Ethel (Frey) Vogel on August 9, 1945 at her family farm near Footville.  She attended the little red one room school house right up the road from her family farm, where she worked on the dairy farm until 2005.  Carol liked to attend various bible study groups, she enjoyed listening to NPR Radio, cooking, scrap booking and collecting recipes. The...

Kenneth Henry Meyer, age 89, of Brodhead, Wisconsin died on Saturday, January 18, 2020.  He was born on January 3, 1931 in Mundelein, Illinois, the son of George and Edith (Wirtz) Meyer.  He was a graduate of Libertyville Illinois High School and a 1952 graduate of Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois.  He served in the Marine Corps from 1952 until 1955 and was stationed in Korea.  He was a member of Illinois Farm Bureau, Wisconsin Farm Bureau, VFW Post #6858, a...