Born August 28, 1933 in Milwaukee, WI; Carla died May 1, 2020 at the Angels Grace Hospice in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
Carla graduated from Wisconsin State College with Honors. She taught Special Ed in Milwaukee, Oak Park, Los Angeles, Plainfield, and Waupaca.
Those by whom Carla was preceded in death included her son, Donald “Gene” Badgley; her parents, Walter and Erna (nee Kopitzkee) Jachthuber; and her sister, Irene Peschl (Harry). She is survived by her husband, Don; her daughter, Janet Moran (Mark), of Waupaca; her grandchildren: Donald Rogers (Rog) Badgley II of Stevens Point, and Molly Keegan Moran of Neenah. Several nieces and nephews also remember Auntie Carla.
Carla was a devoted member of the Order of the Eastern Star and became the Worthy Grand Matron of Wisconsin.
Memorial Services celebrating Carla’s life will be held beginning at noon on Saturday, August 14 at the chapel at Three Pillars Masonic Home campus located off highway 67 in Dousman, WI. The services will be officiated by Rev. Dr. Andrew Holmes of Jerusalem Presbyterian Church and assisted by Pastor Terese Leonhard of Three Pillars. An Eastern Star Funeral Ceremony will be included. The services will be followed by a picnic in the Woods Pavilion on the Three Pillars campus. It was Carla’s wish that Memorials be directed to the Shriners Hospitals for Children. Those attending these services will be expected to have had the vaccination for COVID-19.