Janette Dahlke

Janette “Jan” I. Dahlke , age 87 of Montello passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at the Montello Care Center from Large B-Cell Lymphoma.  Jan was born at home in rural Green Lake County to Albert Sr. and Olive (Greene) Ewald on June 29, 1934.  She was a graduate of Berlin High School Class of 1951 and in 1952 she graduated from The Milwaukee Accredited School of Beauty Culture.  On July 5, 1954, Jan married Arnold Dahlke at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Berlin; Arnold preceded Jan in death on December 27, 1990.

After residing in New York for a year while Arnold was in the Army, they moved to Montello.  Jan was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church and worked as a cosmetologist until retirement.

Jan is survived by her four children:  Mark (Deborah) of St. Mary’s, GA, Paul (Mary) of Montello, Rita Le of Indialantic, FL, and Jane (Mark) Healy of Anacortes, WA as well as eight grandchildren:  Matthew (Kelly), Melissa (Clay), Dustin (Rebecca), Nicholas, Ian, Dana, Elizabeth (Noah) and Jonothan.  She is also survived by five great-grandchildren:  Olivia, Eli, Hayes, Piper, and Emmett as well as her sister, Lou (Ross) Watkins.  Jan is further survived by sisters-in-law: Margery Ewald, Arlene Kroll and Edith Rossman, brother-in-law, Elton (Maryanne) Dahlke as well as other extended family members.

Jan is preceded in death by her parents, husband, son-in-law, Sean Le and three brothers.

A funeral service for Janette “Jan” Dahlke will be held on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 11:00 AM at Emmanuel (Big Mecan) Lutheran Church.  Visitation will be held from 9:00 AM until the hour of service.  Pastor Pete Zietlow will preside and burial will follow in the parish cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, donations are preferred to: Budda Box Fight Against Cancer, P.O. Box 91, Westfield, WI 53964 or Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF.org) or The American Cancer Society (donate3.cancer.org) in Jan’s memory.

The family would like to thank Bridgette and the entire Heartland Hospice Team for the excellent care they provided for Jan during her illness.

Crawford Funeral and Cremation Service of Montello and Oxford is honored to be serving the family. www.CrawfordFH.com