Jeanne Manke

Jeanne A. Manke, age 63 of Janesville, died on Sunday, August 10, 2008 at the Janesville Nursing Home.   Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, August 14th at 11:00 a.m. at St. Ann Catholic Church with Fr. Peter Klein. Interment will be in the St. John's-Trinity Cemetery in Iosco Township.    Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Arnoldt-McRaith Funeral Home in Janesville, and will continue on Thursday morning for one hour prior to services, at church. There will be a 7:30 p.m. parish rosary Wednesday evening, at the funeral home.   Jeanne Ann was born on October 1, 1944 in Waseca, Minnesota to Raymond and Marjorie (Lux) Gleason. She was a 1962 graduate of Sacred Heart High School. For two years following high school Jeanne was employed with E.F. Johnson Co. in Waseca. On April 22, 1967 she was united in marriage to Donald Herman Manke at the Sacred Heart Rectory in Waseca. Jeanne and Don raised their family and farmed in Iosco Township, Waseca County.  After her children were grown, Jeanne worked as a cook at Janesville Schools for 14 years. She was a longtime member of St. Ann Catholic Church in Janesville.   She is survived by her husband, Don and her children Tammy (Randy) Cummins, Kathy (Jason) Witt, Greg Manke, all of Janesville, and Don (Stacey) Manke of Ashland, OH; by her nine grandchildren Kortney and Karter Cummins, Jarrod, Austin and Katey Witt, Morgan, Ashley, Joshua and Cora Manke; by her parents Raymond and Marjorie Gleason, and her siblings Susan (Neil) Hovelsrud, Donald (Peggy) Gleason, Joe Gleason, and Jerry (Joette) Gleason, all of Waseca; by her sister-in-law Jan (Al) Kampen of Waseca; by many nieces and nephews.