Yvonne E. Wendlandt

YVONNE E. WENDLANDT

Yvonne E. Wendlandt, age 75 of Beaver Dam, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, August 15, 2018.

Yvonne was born on May 3, 1943 in Beaver Dam, the daughter of Skip and Milly (Durant) Litscher. She attended school in Fox Lake and one year of technical college in Madison. On June 27, 1964, she was united in marriage to Larry L. Wendlandt at Markesan United Methodist Church. She worked for the State of Wisconsin, Beaver Transport, Dodge County, Consultant Physicians in Pathology Specialties, and Wisconsin Power and Light before retiring in 1992.

Yvonne’s hobbies included playing cards, reading, doing cross-stitch, painting, making weekly trips to the casino and spending time with her friends and family. She treasured the winters they spent in Florida after retirement, where she enjoyed spending time with friends fishing and playing shuffleboard. Her greatest joy in life was being a Mom. She considered her family’s happiness and well-being her greatest accomplishment.

Yvonne is survived by her son Rick (Jennifer) Wendlandt of Fox Lake, sister, Nancy Reuter of Princeton, nieces, nephew, cousins and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband Larry in 2016; parents; in-laws, Myron and Margaret Wendlandt; brother-in-law, Jim Reuter; and other relatives.

A memorial gathering will be held on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at Cornerstone Funeral & Cremation Services, 135 Keller Blvd., Beaver Dam from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the memorial service for at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Cherie Forret officiating. Inurnment will take place at Markesan Memorial Cemetery.

Thank you to Al and Nancy Schwantz and all of the nurses at Hillside Hospice, Visiting Angels and Home Instead, especially Sheila, for all of your loving care shown to Yvonne.

Cornerstone Funeral & Cremation Services in Beaver Dam is honored to be serving the family. You may send private online condolences or sign the family’s guest book at www.cstonefs.com.