Obituaries

DANIEL S. COOK

DANIEL S. COOK

Daniel Stephen Cook, age 37, died unexpectedly while at his home on April 13, 2022. He was born on Feb. 21, 1985 in Beloit, to Stephen and Suzanne (Warriner) Cook. He has worked for Kuhn North America for more than 15 years as a graphic designer and formerly owned and […]

 
 

JEAN L. COMBS

JEAN L. COMBS

Jean Louise Combs, 91, of Beloit, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at Beloit Memorial Hospital. She was born on Dec. 21, 1930 at Mercy Hospital in Janesville, to the late James and Lillian Allen. She graduated from Brodhead High School. She later attended Platteville […]

 
 

JACOB RILEY

JACOB RILEY

Jacob “Jake” Riley, 25, of Brodhead, died, March 31, 2022. He was born on Dec. 29, 1996, in Darlington, Wisconsin to Jason and Kasa (Daly) Riley. He was an amazing father, loving husband to-be, beloved son, loving brother, and friend to too many to list. He worked alongside his dad, […]

 
 

ROBERT E. FRANCIS

ROBERT E. FRANCIS

Robert E. Francis, age 87, of Orfordville, died on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Agrace Hospice in Janesville. He was born on June 27, 1934, in Rockford, Illinois, to the late Philip and Carolyn (Mapes) Francis. He married Maureen Reavis on Jan. 4, 1954. He worked all of his life […]

 
 

ROBERT BECKER

ROBERT BECKER

Robert Manley Becker, 93,  died peacefully at his home on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. He was born April 20, 1928 and raised in Spring Grove township to the late Otto and Fern (Douglas) Becker. He attended Oakley School and graduated from Brodhead High School in 1946. Later that year, he […]

 
 

THOMAS ANDERSON

THOMAS ANDERSON

Thomas Jackson Anderson, 54, died unexpectedly while at his home in Janesville. He was born on Aug. 29, 1967 in Monroe, to the late Delmar and Kathleen (Hegi) Anderson. He worked for Equifax in Madison in the past and most recently for the Lions Quick Mart in Janesville for several […]

 
 

Albrecht now has its own Little Free Library

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First grader Jayda Oellerich drops off a book at Al-brecht Elementary School’s new Little Free Library, located outside of office. Students and community members are welcome to donate gently-used books or take one to read.

Albrecht Elementary School recently unveiled its very own Little Free Library, allowing students to share their favorite titles with their peers, according to Kirtsten Novy, district librarian. Little Free Library is a nonprofit organization based in Hudson, which has helped to plant more than 125,000 little libraries throughout the world. […]

 
 

JACOB BOEGLI

JACOB BOEGLI

Jacob R. “Jake” Boegli, age 28, of Darlington,, formerly of Brodhead, died unexpectedly March 27, 2022, at his home in Darlington. He was born Nov. 4, 1993, in Monroe to Jerry Boegli and Tracy Schade. He grew up in Brodhead where he lived until moving to Darlington. He received his […]

 
 

NORA MCMANUS

NORA MCMANUS

Nora Kreher McManus, 95, died April 3, 2022 at Kettle Park Senior Living in Stoughton. She was born on February 12, 1927 on a remote farm in Hamilton County, Illinois to the late Joseph and Madgalena (Karcher) Kreher. In order to attend high school, at age 14, she moved to […]

 
 

GARY BURRINGTON

GARY BURRINGTON

Gary Lee Burrington, age 71, of Brodhead, died at the Monroe Clinic Hospital, Monroe, on March 29, 2022 after a short battle with lung cancer. He was born on Nov. 28, 1950 in Freeport, Illinois to the late Donald and Dolores (Wiesenberg) Burrington. He worked for more than 30 years […]