Obit: Janda, Betty (1926 - 2007)

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Surnames: Janda, Stemler, Devine, Ohrmundt, Jopke, Naze, Kapalczynski

----Sources: Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Aug 15,2007

Betty Janda (June 4, 1926 - Aug 13, 2007)

OWEN -- Betty Janda, 81, of Owen, passed away on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, at the Clark County Health Care Center in Owen, Wis.

Funeral Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 17, 2007, at the Maurina Funeral Home in Owen with the Rev. Ben Franklin officiating. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery in Withee. Pallbearers will be Mark Jopke, Bob Jopke, Bruce Amacher, Tom Miller, Walter Pietrzen and Marlene Pietrzen.

Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until time of services Friday at the funeral home in Owen, Wis.

Betty was born June 4, 1926, in Owen to Howard and Hilda (Stemler) Devine. She was a graduate of Owen High School. The former Betty Devine was married to Sylvester Janda on Oct. 19, 1949, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Owen, Wis.

Betty and Sy owned and operated Town and Country Service Inc. until his death March 24, 1988. Betty and her son, Steve, continued to operate the business where she was the bookkeeper. She was very good with figures. She enjoyed playing piano and reading.

Betty was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church and its P.C.C.W.

Survivors include her son, Steve Janda of Owen; daughter, Cheryl (Scott) Ohrmundt of Weston; brother, Richard Devine of Milwaukee; sister, Mitzi (Tom) Jopke of Milwaukee; sister-in-law, Eleanor Naze of Kewaunee; nieces and nephews, Maureen and Phil Kapalczynski, Bob and Kathy Jopke and Mark Jopke and friend Gena.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Sylvester; sister, Alice Devine; and brother-in-law, Myron Naze.

The family would like to thank Dr. Charles Wirtz, Our Lady of Victory Hospital, and the Clark County Health Care Center Rehabilitation Center for their wonderful care.