Judith R. Gildemeister, 70, of Sharon, died Aug. 12, 2013, at Lakeland Health Care Center, Elkhorn. She was born Sept. 17, 1942, in Harvard, Ill., to the late Raymond H. and Alice (Lorenz) Jahnke. She married Carroll Gildemeister Aug. 22, 1964, in Walworth. She was a 1960 graduate of Big […]

Linda M. Friedman, 69, of Delavan, died Aug. 30, 2013, at her residence. She was born March 5, 1944, in Bad Aibling, Germany, to the late Helmut and Margarete W. Kalus Wittenstein. She owned and operated the Snug Harbor Inn at highways A and P in Delavan. Survivors include a […]

Wayne V. Boss, 58, of Delavan, died Aug. 29, 2013, at his home in Delavan, with his loving family by his side. He was born Sept. 17, 1954, in Elkhorn, to Marvin and Jeanette (Graves) Boss. He married Kathy Jansen Nov. 5, 1978, in Delavan. He attended Delavan-Darien High School, […]

William Beetstra, 90, of Sharon, died Sept. 2, 2013, at Golden Years Health Care Center in Walworth. He was born Feb. 16, 1923, in Walworth, to Jacob and Grietza (Sytsma) Beetstra. He married Patricia Fredrick on Dec. 2, 1950. She preceded him in death on April 1, 2000. He farmed […]

Eva Jean Montsma, 81, formerly of Delavan, died Aug. 19, 2013, at Naperville Manor Care in Naperville, Ill. She was born Nov. 2, 1931, in Illinois, to the late Thurlow and Bernice (Davis) Neiswender. She married John Montsma. Survivors include her husband, Wheaton, Ill.; daughter, Ruth Ellen Johnson, Bonita Springs, […]

Elmer “Bud” Hugo Recknagel, 94, of Mukwonago, died Aug. 23, 2013. He was born April 22, 1919, in Walworth County to Christian and Frieda (Koehn) Recknagel and attended East Troy area schools. He married Joyce Wiesenthal on May 17, 1947, at the East Troy Methodist Church and resided in Mukwonago. […]

Elias J. Stollenwerk, 35, of Jefferson, died Aug. 24, 2013, as a result of a motorcycle accident. He was born on Jan. 19, 1978, in Brookfield, to James and and the late Meggan (Hayes) Stollenwerk. He married Jennifer Crouch on May 19, 2012 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, […]

Kristi Lou Mealey, 61, Darien and Kindersley, Saskatchewan, passed away June 30, 2013, after a brave battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born May 27, 1952, in Madison, to Phil (C.P.) and Fran Johnson. She spent her childhood in Darien and graduated from D-DHS in June 1971. She was a […]

REBECCA S. LARSON Rebecca Susan Larson, 61, Delavan, died Aug. 15, 2013, at Mercy Walworth Hospital, Lake Geneva. She was born Oct. 12, 1951, in Peru, Ill., to William and Shirley (Schultz) Yazbec. She married Ron Larson on Nov. 11, 1971, in Delavan. She retired June 1, 2013, from Pentair […]

Terri L. Klusken nee Rosencrans, 60, of Chicago, died Aug. 16, 2013. She was born Oct. 17, 1952, in Delavan. She was the beloved wife of David; loving mother of Jennifer (Jeffey O’Dell) and Allison; cherished Nana of Emerson O’Dell; dear sister of Larry (Patti), Mike (Renee), Steve (Dawn) Rosencrans, […]