Edna Jannette ‘Jan’ Johnson, 76, Union Grove, died March 14, 2014, at Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington. She was born Dec. 24, 1937, to the late Frank and Gertrude (McKillip) Gross in Darlington. Her early life was spent in Darlington where she graduated from Darlington High School in 1956. On […]

James H. Yanke, 97, Oconomowoc, died Feb. 25, 2014, at his home. He was born in Solon Mills, Ill., on Nov. 19, 1916, to the late Oscar and Esther (Anderson) Yanke. He spent his early life in Wisconsin. Following his high school graduation he attended UW–Madison where he obtained a […]

      Francis B. Schaefer, 89, Burlington, died March 11, 2014. He was born on the family farm in Brighton Township, to the late Aloysius ‘Pete’ and Esther (Jansen) Schaefer. He attended St. Francis School and The Rhodes Public Graded School. On Aug. 8, 1959, he married Helen M. Uhlenhake at […]

June Dorothy (Boyan) Ducommun, 88, Waterford, died peacefully at St. Luke’s Hospital on March 11, 2014.  She was born June 8, 1925, to the late Frank and Amanda Boyan in West Allis. She lived on the family farm in Waterford until the last few years of her life. She graduated […]

Florence N. Miller, 85, Burlington, died March 10, 2014, at Oak Ridge Care Center, Union Grove. She was born Nov. 11, 1928, to the late Pieber and Nellie Van Der Zee. On Sept. 21, 1949, she married Elroy W. Miller in Genoa City. Following marriage they resided in Genoa City […]

Roger T. Enright, 73, Burlington, died March 5, 2014, at Kindred Healthcare. He was born Nov. 6, 1940, to that late John and Hazel (Schumacher) Enright in Spring Prairie. On Oct. 6, 1962, he married June Bigelow in Lyons. He was a lifelong resident of Burlington and had worked as […]

Leslie Harold ‘Les’ Quirk, 78, Royalton, Ill., died Feb. 24, 2014 at the VA Medical Center, Marion, Ill. He was born Oct. 12, 1935, in Kenosha, to the late Earl and Marjorie (Kersting) Quirk. He married Arleen Rudolph Feb. 23, 1957, in Antioch, Ill. She preceded him in death Aug. […]

Evelyn A. Pitts, 87, Union Grove, died March 7, 2014, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Kenosha, on Jan. 19, 1927, to the late George and Madeline Marx Herrmann. She was educated in the Kenosha school system and graduated from Mary D. Bradford High. […]

Lee Donald Martin Hansen, 87, Waterford, died Feb. 25, 2014. He suffered a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm on Feb. 12, while vacationing with his daughter in the Florida Keys. He was born Feb. 24, 1927, in New London. He married Margaret Schmidt on April 24, 1956.  After a divorce, he […]

Harry A. “Wizard” Putz, 68, Burlington, died March 4, 2014, at his home. He was born in Wauwatosa on Nov. 19, 1945, to the late Harry and Alta (Warfield) Putz. He spent his early life in Sheboygan Falls where he graduated from Sheboygan Falls High School. He also attended UW–Oshkosh […]