Fernie “Jean” Zietlow of Waupaca, age 90, passed away on Monday, March 20, 2023 at Bethany Home, after a brief illness.
She was born in Vernon County, WI on September 26, 1932 to the late Edward and Fernie (Slagle) Turner. On October 25, 1949 she married Herb Zietlow. They owned many dairy farms; her favorite job being taking care of the caves. Herb and Jeanne later divorced. Jeanne was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. She had worked at Zwicker’s Knitting Mill in Waupaca, Iola Nursing Home and Krause Publications.
She will be missed by her children: Robert Zietlow and Marlyce (Jim) Wehmeyer-Jueds; grandchildren: Ryan, Adam (Missy) and their children: Savannah, Sawyer and Rossalyn; Don, Dave (Vickkie), Abbie (Jon) and their children: Sebastian and Ashley; great grandchildren: Stacey (Erik), Ryan (Amy), great great grandchildren: Dylan, Katherine (Cort), Addison and Aubrie, other relatives and friends. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a son-in-law: Greg Wehmeyer and daughter-in-law: Susan Zietlow; brothers, Cecil, Russell, Bill and Burl, sisters, Betty, Mary and Beulah.
The Memorial Service will be on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 12 p.m. at the Maple Crest Funeral Home. The visitation will be on Saturday at the funeral home from 10:30 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established. The family would like to thank the nurses and staff of Bethany Home and Thedacare Hospice as well as her friends at Angelus Apartments.