Ruby Rosella Jahnke

Sheboygan Falls, WI formerly of Fennimore, WI-Ruby Rosella Jahnke, age 85, went to be with her Lord on Sunday morning April 7, 2024, at the Sharon S. Richardson Community Hospice in Sheboygan Falls. She was born on August 4, 1938, in Wyalusing Township Grant County, WI; the daughter of Louis and Lela (Ariss) Braudt. Ruby graduated from Patch Grove High School.

Ruby was united in marriage to Clifford Jahnke on August 12, 1956, at the Mount Hope United Methodist Church in Mount Hope, WI.  Clifford and Ruby raised beef cattle outside of Lancaster for 25 years. Ruby was employed as the Civil Defense Director & Highway Safety Coordinator of Grant County for nearly 30 years, and was the first woman in Wisconsin to hold that position. They moved to Fennimore in 1982 and eventually built a home in 2002. After the death of her husband, Ruby moved to Sheboygan Falls to be closer to her daughters. She loved her plants & flowers, camping, traveling the rustic roads of Wisconsin, and her dog, Buddy.

Ruby is survived by her two daughters, Lela (Dennis) Boettcher and Della (Tim Socha) Jahnke both of Sheboygan Falls; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and brother-in-law, Gary (Sylvia) Jahnke of Lancaster and many nieces and nephews.

Ruby was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clifford on October 3, 2016; daughter, Rosella “Rosie” Jahnke on September 20, 2005; son, Duane on August 28, 2012; grandson, Joshua Warpinski on February 27, 2016; brother, Dale Braudt; and sister and brother-in-law, Mariajane and Aelred “Hop” Mezera.