----Source: STAR NEWS, Mar. 15, 2000

Otto Janko (1907 - 2000)

Otto W. Janko, 92, Medford, died Saturday, March 11, at Memorial Nursing Home in Medford where he had resided the past eight years.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 15 at Hemer Funeral Home in Medford, with Rev. Robert Ruprich officiating. Burial took place at Medford Evergreen Cemetery II.

Visitation was held from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 14, and on Wednesday before the service, at Hemer Funeral Home.

Otto Janko was born on March 12, 1907 at the Town of Browning to the late Henry and Anna (Leksa) Janko. He attended Cloverdale Elementary School in the Town of Browning. At the age of 17, he moved to Chicago where he worked as an auto mechanic for a period of time. He had a private pilot's license.

His marriage to Sophie Chrobak, who died June 2, 1991, took place on October 29, 1932 at Chicago. They moved to the Town of Browning in 1942 where he farmed until retirement in 1972.

He was a member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses of Dorchester, Clark co., WI. He enjoyed making home movies and flying model airplanes.

He is survived by three grandchildren five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by two sons, Raymond in 1989, and Richard in 1993 two sisters, Julia Lekies and Lydia Lichtl four brothers, Frank, Henry Jr., John, and Edward.