Carolyn A. “Nan” Dennis, 87, Janesville, died December 5, 2015, at Riverside Terrace, Beloit. Nan was born at home in Afton WI, November 27, 1928 to the late William and Marion Rathbun Busk. On January 1, 1945 she married Max Dennis and was married for 61 years until his death on July 14, 2010. She attended primary school in Afton and attended Janesville high school leaving after her Junior year and graduated from Lodi High School in 1946. Following high school she attended UW Stout and UW River Falls, majoring in home economics. Nan did substitute teaching in the Janesville school system. She was a very active member of Cargill United Methodist Church, active in PTA, a Cub Scout den mother, a leader in Brownies and Girl Scouts, and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She loved sewing, embroidering, knitting and gardening. But most important to Nan was her love of being a mother to her five children. They were the most important thing in her life. Carolyn was also preceded in death by her sister Amy Darlene Busk MacDonald. Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. Henke-Clarson Funeral Home.
Carolyn A. “Nan” Dennis, 87, Janesville, died December 5, 2015, at Riverside Terrace, Beloit. Nan was born at home in Afton WI, November 27, 1928 to the late William and Marion Rathbun Busk. On January 1, 1945 she married Max Dennis and was married for 61 years until his death on July 14, 2010. She attended primary school in Afton and attended Janesville high school leaving after her Junior year and graduated from Lodi High School in 1946. Following high school she attended UW Stout and UW River Falls, majoring in home economics. Nan did substitute teaching in the Janesville school system. She was a very active member of Cargill United Methodist Church, active in PTA, a Cub Scout den mother, a leader in Brownies and Girl Scouts, and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She loved sewing, embroidering, knitting and gardening. But most important to Nan was her love of being a mother to her five children. They were the most important thing in her life. Carolyn was also preceded in death by her sister Amy Darlene Busk MacDonald. Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. Henke-Clarson Funeral Home.
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