Obituaries

Obituaries for Walworth County people

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COLETTA SHEAHAN

      Coletta Sheahan, 98, of Sharon, passed away peacefully on May 12, 2020, at Lakeland Health Care Center in Elkhorn. She was born in Chicago, on June 18, 1921, to Nicholas Wagner and Anna O’Connor Wagner. She graduated from the Chicago Teachers College and taught in the Chicago School System […]

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ANDREW LEE YORK

      Andrew Lee York, 68, of Janesville passed away on May 12, 2020, at home in Janesville. He was born on June 12, 1951, to Lester York Jr. and Margaret Johnson. He was an avid bowler and golfer. Andy was on the Delavan-Darien High School Golf Team that went to […]

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EDITH HENDERSON

Edith (Guri) Henderson passed peacefully surrounded by family on April 9, 2020. Guri Henderson, nee Bergersen was born in 1925 in Chicago to proud Norwegian immigrants. She was the youngest and only surviving sibling of 11. She is survived by Robert (Scotty) MacDougal Henderson, her husband of 73 years, their […]

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WILLIAM STREVER

      William Ensign Strever, 83, of Rockford, Ill., passed away May 3, 2020, in his home. He was born Sept. 23, 1936, in Albuquerque, N.M., the son of Merwin and Mary Strever. He married Carol Lorenz May 19, 1965. William attended college at the University of Missouri finishing his pre-veterinarian […]

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BARBARA ESSIG

      Barbara Lee Essig, 90 of Elkhorn, died Saturday, May 2, 2020 at Ridgestone Gardens in Elkhorn. She was born Sept. 15, 1929 in Elgin, Ill., to the late Leo and Elsie (Spiegler) Leitner. She graduated from Elgin High School in 1947, third in a class of 400, and went […]

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KATHLEEN LANE

      Kathleen (Flood) Lane, a longtime Northbrook resident, died peacefully at home in her sleep, April 18, 2020. Born on Sept. 12, 1928, in Delavan to George and Adelaide (O’Neill) Flood, Kathleen (Katie) attended Rosary College in River Forest, Ill., where she earned a bachelor’s degree in English and Library […]

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JEAN E. BOWEY

Jean E. Bowey (a.k.a. Grandma Jean), 94, of Mukwonago, entered into eternal peace on April 26, 2020. She was born on June 19, 1925, and was the fourth generation in her family to be raised in Eagle. Jean was the daughter of Richard and Mary (Belling) Williams. She graduated from […]

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PEARL GROSSKREUTZ

      Pearl M. Grosskreutz, 95, of Whitewater and previously of Palmyra, passed away on April 24, 2020, at Fairhaven Retirement Community of Whitewater. She was born on Aug. 11, 1924, in Palmyra, the daughter of Lawrence “Tink” and Mary (Holm) Carpenter. She married Edmund Grosskreutz on Oct. 9, 1945, in […]