Jill Berry

Jill R. Berry age 39 of rural Janesville, died on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at her home.   Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 18th at 2:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Janesville with Rev. Dr. Larry Griffin officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.    Visitation will be held on Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Arnoldt-McRaith Funeral Home in Janesville and will continue on Saturday afternoon for one hour prior to services, at church. In lieu of flowers memorials preferred to donor's choice.   Jill Renee was born on March 11, 1970 in Mankato, Minnesota to Herman and Doris (Erdman) Guse. She was baptized on March 29, 1970 and confirmed on May 6, 1984, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Janesville. Jill graduated from Janesville High School in 1988. She attended Rochester Community College for two years, then two years at M.S.U. where she earned a bachelor's degree in marketing. She was united in marriage to Paul George Berry Sept. 2, 1995 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Janesville. Jill and Paul have lived in the Janesville Area throughout their marriage. Jill has held different positions for various Taylor Corporation companies. She was a lifelong member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Janesville. Jill had participated in American Cancer Society's Relay For Life the last several years. She enjoyed scrap booking, and time spent with her friends and family.    She is survived by her husband Paul and two daughters Rachel (8) and Sophia (6); by her four brothers Ervin Guse, Melvin Guse, Howard (Kristi) Guse, and Russell (Jen) Guse, all of Janesville, and her seven sisters Mavis (Steve) Klein of Waseca, Barb (Tom) Souvie of Owatonna, Joan Guse of Apple Valley, Lenore (Larry) Schmit of Holdingford, Helen Guse of St. Louis Park, Bernice (Rod) Harman of Brooklyn Park, Shirley Guse and Jeff Helbach of Grand Junction, CO; by her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Roland and Helen Berry of Waseca; by her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Richard (Kathy) Berry of Janesville, Lori (John "Woody") Underwood of Waseca, Edward (Kathy) Berry of Altura, Daniel Berry of Waseca, Thomas (Jamie) Berry of Rochester, and Lynn (Pal) Beutz of Eau Claire, WI; by her step-mother Shirley Winter and her step-brothers; by many nieces and nephews, cousins and other relatives.   She was preceded in death by her father Herman Guse on March 26, 2009 and her mother Doris Guse on August 2, 1993; by her brother Glen Guse on December 5, 1990.   Casketbearers are: Dale Ewert, Chris Schuch, Wayne Gottschalk, Mike Mittelsteadt, Al Halstead, and Brian Mittelstaedt