Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m. on Monday, September 27^th at Roseberry’s Funeral Home in Friendship. The Rev. Richard Corning will officiate. Interment will be in the Mount Repose Cemetery, Friendship.

Bessie was born on January 1, 1918 to Thomas and Mary (Lohman) Farrell in Annawan, Illinois. She married Joseph K. Primus on January 15, 1938 in Friendship, WI. Bessie enjoyed mowing her lawn on her riding lawn mower, gardening, collecting recipe books, and spending time with her grandchildren. She was a member of the Adams Congregational Church, the Mound View Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, the Adams County Historical Society.

Bessie was preceded in death by her parents, husband (Joseph); son (Donald Premus); Daughter (Geraldine); sisters (Hazel Stevens, Lou Lee, and Cecelia Smith); and brother (Thomas Ferrell).

SURVIVORS:

Daughter: Darlene Primus, Friendship, WI

Son: Curtis (Elaine) Primus, Janesville, WI

Son: Douglas (Connie) Primus, Woodstock, IL

Son: David (Janet) Primus, Madison, WI

Granddaughter: Vickie (Dan) McIntyre, Janesville, WI

Granddaughter: Penny (John) Jones, Beloit, WI

Grandson: Kenneth (Bonnie) Primus, Janesville, WI

Grandson: Curtis (Jessica) Primus, Janesville, WI

Grandson: Douglas (Ann) Primus Jr., Woodstock , IL

Grandson: Michael (Kristi) Primus, Crystal Lake, IL

Granddaughter: Jodie Primus, Madison, WI

Grandson: Roger Premus

Granddaughter: Lori Premus

Grandson: Donnie Premus

Sister: Ruby Nohelty, Florida

Sister: Dorothy Stevens, Berwyn, IL

Brother: Robert Farrell, Geneva, IL

Special Niece: Shirley Lavigne, McHenry, IL

11 Great-Grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild

In lieu of flowers memorials appreciated to the American Cancer Society, 8317 Elderberry Road, Madison, WI 53717. Online condolences available at www.roseberrys.com