- EVANSVILLE/MCFARLAND - Robert Albert LAWRENZ, loving
father, son and husband departed from our lives on Thursday,
Sept. 29, 2005, at St. Marys Hospital.
- He was born March 26, 1941, in the Town of Center, the only
child of Raymond Alvin and Anna
- Mae (ROWALD) LAWRENZ. He was married to Barbara
ROBINSON and they had three children, Teresa, LeAnn and
Kathryn. He later married Barbara COLE, who preceded him
in death. He married Dagmar LACLAVOVA on Dec. 23, 1992,
and they have enjoyed 13 years together.
- Bob had been a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and active
on their church council for a
- number of years. He was a current member of Magnolia Advent
Christian Church. He was a Magnolia 4-H leader, served on the
Rock County 4-H Fair Board, was a member of Rock County Beef
Producers and on their board, a lifetime member of the Evansville
FFA Alumni and won their "Top Dog" Award, a member
of Union Coop board of directors for six years and supervisor
for the Town of Magnolia. Bob was a farmer for most of his life
and also a salesman for Funk Seed Corn, worked for City of Evansville,
was an employee for De Jope Bingo Hall and owned and operated
Red Barn/White Bar. He loved his family, good company, telling
jokes, cooking and his lake house on Lake Waubesa.
- Bob is survived by his wife, Dagmar of McFarland; his mother,
Anna Mae LAWRENZ of
- Evansville; his children, Teresa (Eric) JOHNSON of
Evansville, LeAnn (Tim) PATON of Evansville, Kathryn (Pete)
WILKE of Evansville, Lee Ann SCHLIEGER (fiance,
Matt HALLA) of Evansville, Robby HURST of Janesville,
Peter JURCO of Prague, Czech Republic, and Susan JURCO
(fiance, Craig BRADLEY) of Chicago; grandchildren, Philip
and Kathryn JOHNSON, Craig PATON, Claudia and Hannah
WILKE, Rebekkah SCHLIEGER; aunts, Myrtle McCULLOUGH,
Madelene ROWALD, Mary LAWRENZ and uncle, Glen LAWRENZ.
- He was preceded in death by his father; and wife, Barbara
COLE LAWRENZ.
- A funeral service will be held on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005, at
2 p.m. at MAGNOLIA ADVENT
- CHRISTIAN CHURCH in Magnolia Township. Burial will follow
at Maple Hill Cemetery in Evansville. Friends may call on Saturday,
Oct. 1, 2005, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at WARD FUNERAL HOME,
Evansville. Memorials may be made to Magnolia Advent Christian
Church.
- JANESVILLE - Nora STRANGEWAY, age 85, of Janesville,
died Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005, at Mercy Hospital. She was the
widow of Leo STRANGEWAY and formerly employed as a division
manager for Sears.
- Survivors include two brothers, John (Lois) O'CONNOR and
Robert O'CONNOR; a
- brother-in-law, Robert JOHNSON; nieces; nephews; and
her beloved dog, Angel.
- She was preceded in death by four sisters, Ann NEESON,
Nellie WOLF, Mary JOHNSON
- and Edna ELLIS.
- Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m., Monday, Oct.
3, 2005, at MILTON LAWNS
- MEMORIAL PARK CHAPEL, 2200 Milton Ave., Janesville, with
services at 2 p.m. on Monday in the chapel. Henke-Clarson Funeral
Home is handling arrangements.
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