Jeanette Rademaker
[May 22, 2012]
EMDEN -- Jeanette Rademaker, 90, of
Emden, died Jan. 1, 2012, in Vancouver, Wash.
(Below is a copy of
the obituary from the funeral home.)
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Emden-Jeanette Rademaker, 90, of Emden, IL passed
away January 1, 2012 in Vancouver, Washington.
Jeanette was born November 25, 1921, in Lincoln, IL,
the only child of William and Olga Werth Schroeder
of the New Holland and Emden area.
Jeanette was married to Wilson Rademaker also from
Emden on March 31, 1945 in the Lutheran Church in
New Holland. He preceded her in death August 18,
2003.
She attended the New Holland Schools and Modernistic
Beauty School in Springfield, later working at the
Lincoln Beauty Shop and the Lincoln State School as
a beautician. Jeanette was associated with the Mary
Boncher Modeling Agency and did local modeling for a
number of years. Later she was a cosmetician and
cosmetic buyer for Key Drug.
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Early in her adult life, Jeanette served with the
American Red Cross and served as chairman of the lay
education committee of the Logan County Cancer
Society. She was a director with the Logan County
Home Bureau. She worked at WEEK television doing
commercials. She served on the committee for the
Star Dust Ball for the Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital. Jeanette was a lifelong devout member of
the First United Methodist Church of Lincoln. She
was a member of the Master Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi
of Lincoln.
Jeanette is survived by two daughters, Meta
(Michael) Dalton of Evanston, IL and Billie (John)
Columbo of Washougal, Washington. There are five
grandchildren, Jordan (Bridget) and Jennifer Dalton,
Samantha Spencer and Jonquil Columbo-Martinez.
A graveside service and burial of cremains will be
Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. at Green Hill
Cemetery in San Jose, IL with Rev. Becky Barrow
officiating. Local arrangements are by
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln,
Il.
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