Jennifer Lynn Buttke, Janesville, WI
December 19, 2015
April 13, 1971 - December 17, 2015
Jennifer Lynn Buttke, age 44, of Janesville, died at home on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, after a courageous struggle with cancer. She will be dearly missed by her family and friends! Jennifer was born on April 13, 1971, in Milwaukee, the daughter of Dianne H. Pardee (Marx) and James A. Pardee. She graduated from Janesville’s Craig High School in 1989, and attended college at the UW-Madison, and UW-Whitewater, in pursuit of a degree in business. On Sept. 12, 1998, she married her best friend, Ronald D. Buttke, and had two beautiful children, Camryn and Jordan Buttke. She lived in the Janesville area, and worked for several years as a laboratory technician for her parent’s business, Vital Living Center. Jennifer started her own successful business “The Little Woods Farm” providing shares for the Community Supported Agriculture Program and Farmer’s Market. She was a proud Homeschool mother of two wonderful children. She was a dynamic part of their activities to include being a leader in the Homeschool QUEST program and a coach for the Homeschool Eagles track and cross-country team. She served as Communication Director for the Consolidated 4-H Club, and was a volunteer for the children’s program at the Hedberg Public Library. Jennifer will be especially remembered for her love of life and creativity. She had a special passion for organic gardening and nutrition, which was evident in her remarkable crops each year. She also had a zest for American Girl Dolls, which brought her to make a quite successful American Girl YouTube Channel.
Jennifer is survived by her husband, Ronald Buttke; two children, Camryn and Jordan Buttke; brother and sister-in-law, Thomas and Loan Pardee (Hoang) and their children: Noah, Katherine, Jacob, Benjamin, Samuel, and Elizabeth Pardee; and her paternal grandmother, Doris Pardee (Lentz). She was preceded in death by her parents, Diane Pardee (Marx) and James A. Pardee; maternal grandparents, Louise (Marx) Schneider and Edward Marx; and paternal grandfather, Alain Pardee.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, at ST. WILLIAM CATHOLIC CHURCH with Rev. Brian Dulli officiating. A visitation will be held on Sunday from 12 until 2 p.m. at SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY and again on Monday from 10 until 11 a.m. at St. William Catholic Church. Interment will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Jennifer L. Buttke Memorial Fund for her children, at any Blackhawk Community Credit Union in Janesville. Family and friends are invited to a luncheon at St. William Catholic Church following the Mass. For online condolences and registry: www.schneiderfuneraldirectors.com
Our family sends a special thank you to everyone who has helped us through this difficult time. Jenny was positive throughout this entire ordeal reminding us how wonderful of a life she had and how blessed she was to live it. Your visits, warm wishes, and prayers were a great comfort to her. You all mean the world to us, and it is evident that Jenny was an expert at finding wonderful friends who made her life something to cherish.
God Bless You All!
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