Jeanette Ruth (Avery) Holmquist,
age 85, of Edmond, OK died Sunday December 27th, 2009 at
Quail Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Oklahoma
City, OK, where she had been a resident for 2 years.
Memorial Services will be at Roseberry's Funeral Home in
Friendship, Wisconsin on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 11:00 a.m
with visitation beginning at 9:00a.m. Interment will be at
the Quincy Cemetery, Quincy, Wisconsin.
Jeanette was born September 24, 1924 in the town of
Quincy, Adams County, WI to Thomas Franklin and Lois Mabel
(Smith) Avery. She moved to Milwaukee, WI, and was a member
of Christ Church, where she married Eric Gustaf Holmquist on
December 31st, 1951 (on the anniversary of her parent's
marriage). They lived in Brookfield, WI, in a home Eric
built for her, until 1960, when they moved to Waukesha, WI,
to the new home they built together. In September, 2000,
they moved to Edmond, OK to be near her daughter, son-in-law
and beloved grandchildren.
Jean was a homemaker, who liked to garden, bake cookies
and sew. She often made Eric's flannel shirts, her
daughter's dresses and grandchildren's Halloween costumes.
She was a big sports fan, especially of the Milwaukee
Brewers (and the Braves) and the Green Bay Packers. She
loved flowers, particularly yellow roses and the orchids
Eric would get her for Easter.
Jeanette was preceded in death by husband Eric (almost 1
year to the day); her parents Tom and Lois Avery, older
brothers Earl Avery and Gordon Avery, and brother-in-law
Alfred Heitman.
Survivors
include:
Daughter and
Son-in-law: Sonya Holmquist and Nicholas Pappas
Grandchildren:
Alexandra and Daniel Pappas
Sister: Amy Avery
Sisters- and
Brothers-in-law: Barbara (Earl) Avery, Billie (Gordon)
Avery, Romie and Shirley (Holmquist) Theisen, and Ruth
(Holmquist) Heitman.
As well as many
nieces and nephews.
We miss her every hour of every day. We are grateful she
is again with Eric, for they were inseparable, a devoted
team in life.