Jeanette Augusta (Brown) Voge, 81, Union Grove, died peacefully at Wheaton Franciscan–All Saints Medical Center on Sept. 16, 2013.
She was born in Lafayette Township, Walworth County, on Jan. 10, 1932, to the late Harry John Louis Brown and Dorothy Martha (Jung) Brown. Following high school, she moved to Arizona. It was there she married Glenn Irving Voge, on June 7, 1951. Shortly after, they moved back to Wisconsin to help operate the family farm.
She worked Southern Wisconsin Center in food service. However, her favorite and most important role was serving her family as a faithful and tireless homemaker, a job she completely excelled at. She proudly served as president of the Racine County Extension Homemakers.
She was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Union Grove. She also had served as general leader for the Racine County 4-H Club. A true farm girl, she was a fantastic cook who loved baking, canning and freezing. Years ago, she won a blue ribbon for her award-winning homemade ketchup at the Racine County Fair. You never could leave her house hungry as she would insist on serving a home-cooked meal. She was also an excellent seamstress and brilliant artist. She will be remembered as an awesome wife, mother and grandmother who always opened her home to someone young in need.
Survivors include her husband of 62 years; children, Steven (Ann) Voge, Linda Bratz, Mary (Ed) Adams and Daniel G. (Diane C.) Voge; grandchildren, Hannah (Jacob) Sampe, Justina (Allan) Busch, Amanda (Marty) Welbon, Evan Bratz, Samuel Bratz, Joshua (Sarah) Jamison, Dawn (Rick) Hope, Andrew Glenn (Amy) Voge, Danielle Elizabeth Voge, Kevin Daniel (Tiffany) Voge, Emma Ann Voge, Abigail Augusta Voge, Nathaniel Willis Voge, Olivia Elizabeth Voge, Lila Marie Voge and Kate Marie Voge; 13 great-grandchildren (the youngest was born the same day Jeanette died); sisters, Doreen (Ray) Drabek and Judith Ryder; sisters-in-law, Viola Bertelson, Joanne (Rudy) Topolovec, Mardell (Wayne) Fuller and Rita (Gerald) Molitor; brother-in-law, Karl (Kathy) Voge; nieces; nephews; other relatives and friends including those to which she continuously opened her home and heart to over the years.
She was further preceded in death by her son-in-law, Eugene Bratz; grandson, Joseph Glenn Jamison; Glenn’s parents, Leslie and Ruth (Higgins) Voge; and brothers-in-law, Don Bertelson, Don Bauer and Leslie Gordon Voge.
In accordance with Jeanette’s wishes, cremation has taken place. A memorial service is Saturday, Sept. 21, at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Union Grove. Memorials to Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church or to Wheaton Franciscan Cancer Center have been suggested.
Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home & Crematory, Racine, is serving the family.
Well-wishers can visit
www.draeger-langendorf.com.
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