BRODHEAD - Barbara Helen Douglas, age 73, of Brodhead, passed away at her home on Tuesday, June 27, 2017. She was born on February 25, 1944 in Omaha, NE, the daughter of Beecher C. and Margaret Helen (Baliant) Jones. She married Ray Douglas on April 4, 2003 at the UCC Church, Brodhead.
Barb had worked at the Monroe Clinic Hospital for 38 years in the medical imaging department. She loved flowers, gardening, baking, but her # 1 love was her family.
She is survived by her husband Ray, a son, Bryan D. Galetano, Austin, TX; a daughter, Julie (Corey) Mills, Brodhead, WI; two stepchildren, Christopher (Angie) Douglas, Brodhead, April (Shaun) Elliott, WI; a brother, Jerry Jones, KS; two grandchildren, Abigail and Kaitlyn Mills; three step-grandchildren, Makayla, Joseph and Jonah; a niece, Sarah (Steve) Shoefer and a nephew, Mark Jones. She was preceded in death by her parents and her 2nd husband, Don E. Jelinek.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Monday, July 3, 2017, at the United Church of Christ, Brodhead, with Rev. David Frey officiating. Burial will be in West Luther Valley Cemetery, rural Brodhead. Visitation will be held from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m., Sunday, at the D.L. Newcomer Funeral Home, Brodhead, WI. Online condolences may be made at www.dlnewcomerfuneralhome.com.
The family would like to thank Monroe Clinic Hospice, UW-Carbone Center, and the Monroe Clinic for her excellent care.
Barb had worked at the Monroe Clinic Hospital for 38 years in the medical imaging department. She loved flowers, gardening, baking, but her # 1 love was her family.
She is survived by her husband Ray, a son, Bryan D. Galetano, Austin, TX; a daughter, Julie (Corey) Mills, Brodhead, WI; two stepchildren, Christopher (Angie) Douglas, Brodhead, April (Shaun) Elliott, WI; a brother, Jerry Jones, KS; two grandchildren, Abigail and Kaitlyn Mills; three step-grandchildren, Makayla, Joseph and Jonah; a niece, Sarah (Steve) Shoefer and a nephew, Mark Jones. She was preceded in death by her parents and her 2nd husband, Don E. Jelinek.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Monday, July 3, 2017, at the United Church of Christ, Brodhead, with Rev. David Frey officiating. Burial will be in West Luther Valley Cemetery, rural Brodhead. Visitation will be held from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m., Sunday, at the D.L. Newcomer Funeral Home, Brodhead, WI. Online condolences may be made at www.dlnewcomerfuneralhome.com.
The family would like to thank Monroe Clinic Hospice, UW-Carbone Center, and the Monroe Clinic for her excellent care.