Jill Annette Dawley

Tuesday, December 5, 2017 7:29 pm

Jill Annette Dawley, 61, of Burr Oak, passed away Saturday, Dec. 2, at home surrounded by family, following a brief battle with cancer. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at the Burr Oak Lutheran Church in Burr Oak, with the Rev. Matt Larson officiating. Visitation is be 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, at the Burr Oak Lutheran Church and again one hour prior to services. Burial is in the St. Agnes Catholic Cemetery. Mengis Funeral Home in Mabel is assisting with arrangements.

Jill was born Feb. 23, 1956, in La Crosse, Wis. to Eugene and Clara (Casterton) McCabe. She attended school at the North Winneshiek School in rural Decorah. She married Daniel Dawley Aug. 29, 1975, at the St. Agnes Catholic Church at Plymouth Rock. Their marriage was blessed with three children and four grandchildren. She had worked for over 20 years at Rockwell-Collins, at the Security Bank and Trust, at various schools including Mabel-Canton and Crossroads as a reading and math tutor, and had a wedding decorating business. Jill had also worked at KD Rae Jewelry, and most recently at First Southeast Bank in Canton.

Jill enjoyed flowers, gardening, reading, collecting antiques and handmade jewelry, bonfires, sitting in the woods watching the wildlife, taking road trips along the Mississippi River, having a good cup of coffee, or wine, with a friend, and spending time with family.

Jill is survived by her husband, Daniel, of Burr Oak; her daughter, Anessa (Kasey) Cummings of Rochester, Minn.; two sons, Adam (Davia) of Bluffton and Drew (Betsy) Dawley of Kasson, Minn.; four grandchildren: Emily, Katie, Anna and Easton; two brothers, Gary (Carol), and Joey (Mary) both of Burr Oak; and seven sisters: Janice (Leroy) Stone of Mabel, Culah Pellegrini of Newton, Mass., Diane (Andy) Saltis of Abington, Mass., Linda (Harv) Swehla of Foley, Ala., Kathy (Rick) Ellestad of Spring Hill, Fla. and Teryl Sue (John) Logsdon of Ossian; and sister-in-law, Marlene McCabe of Burr Oak; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Rita Branham and Judith Hentges; one brother, Stanley “Sonny” McCabe; and an infant brother; five half-brothers and sisters; and three brothers-in-law: Roy Branham, Dan Pellegrini and Thomas Hentges.