She was born June 17, 1935, at St. Catherine’s Hospital, Kenosha, to the late Edward and Mary Zalad.
She graduated St. Thomas Grade School, attended St. Mary’s Academy, Prairie du Chien, Wis. She was also a graduate of Bradford High School, 1953, and Marquette University, 1957.
She would marry Eugene Renberg, Oct. 17, 1959. She is survived by her husband; two children Stephen (Sharon) Renberg, Zephyrhills, FL and Jennifer (Kory) Kline, Gallup NM, and three grandchildren, Malayna and Savannah Renberg and Loden Kline.
A lifelong Kenosha resident she was employed as a reporter more than 30 years at Kenosha News, retired 2005, and became active in square dancing as a member of Allemande Square Dance Club. She was a Life Master in duplicate bridge. She was a past member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church and then St. Therese Catholic Church. She was also a member of the Senior Citizen’s Center, loved to draw, read mysteries and play piano.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday December 10th, 2018 at 11:00AM at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church. (2020-91st Street) Visitation with the family will be on Monday at the church from 10:00AM until the time of mass. Burial will take place later.
In lieu of flowers memorials to the church would be appreciated.
I could not stay another day,
To live, to laugh, to work or play;
Tasks left undone must stay that way,
And if my parting has left a void,
Then fill it with remembered joy.
RP says:
To Joann’s family and friends, please accept my heartfelt condolences on your loss. I have found comfort in reading Job 14:14,15 where it shows that Jehovah God yearns to bring back to life the dead who are preserved in his memory. The Bible gives us a wonderful hope of living in a paradise on earth and seeing the resurrection of our dead loved ones. (Luke 23:43; John 5:28,29) May this bring you some comfort and strength as well, remembering that soon God will wipe away our tears and swallow up death forever.