Jane Ann Kahlor Racke (nee Mace) left us peacefully at the age of 89 on February 2, 2023 in Naples, FL. She had a long life filled with lots of happiness but also loss, having lost her son Todd Kahlor and daughter Vickie Jakubowski in 2017. But she persevered and lived her last years quick with a laugh (she had a great laugh!) and filled with love for her family. Jane Ann was a beautiful woman, who loved fashion and design. She also loved food, eating out and planning meals.
In 1989, Jane Ann was introduced to Joseph Racke by mutual friends. They had a fun and adventurous courtship in their late 50s, early 60s and settled in Naples, Florida where they built their castle and lived happily ever after. Joe treated Jane Ann like a queen for the 30 years they were together.
Jane Ann had a philanthropic heart and was active on boards of the Milwaukee County Zoo, Ronald McDonald House, and many other Milwaukee, WI charities in the 1980s and 1990s, and remained active in philanthropy in Naples, FL in later years.
Jane Ann was born October 12, 1933 in Akron Ohio to Georgie and Albert Mace. She had four brothers, Jim, Bob, Don and Steve. She graduated from Springfield Township High School in the early 1950s. She married Bob Kahlor in 1953 and they had their first child, Vickie, later that year. They were married 37 years and had four more children, Linda, Brian, Todd and Lee Ann. In the late 1970s, at 39, Jane Ann went to community college and became a licensed practical nurse. She stayed in nursing for about 15 years, working most of those years at Elmbrook Memorial Hospital in Brookfield, WI. She loved caring for people and was very proud of having a career after having raised 5 rambunctious kids.
Jane Ann is mourned by Joe and her children and their spouses: Brian and Kitty Kahlor, Linda Kahlor Wright, Ron Jakubowski, and Lee Ann Kahlor and Dave Junker. She was loved dearly by her grandkids, Carri Anne Manning, Ryan Jakubowski, Dan Jakubowski, Brad Jakubowski, Emily Browne, Jennafer Wright, Ashley Barton, Madison Kahlor, Allison Kahlor, Rachel Kahlor, Nicholas Kahlor, Mabel Kahlor, Gigi Kahlor, Felix Kahlor, Kaden Kahlor and Piper Kahlor. Jane Ann also had 13 great grandkids. She was important to Joe’s children Jolene Racke and Cookie Harrison, Jeanne and Dennis Dunaway, Janet Racke-Bailey and Bud Bailey, and grand children Erin Newlands, Megan Decker, Chad Dunaway, Brian Dunaway and Brooks Decker. She will be missed dearly by her brother Don and his wife Judy, and her brother Steve and his wife Mary Louise, and many nieces and nephews. Jane Ann also will be missed by her Naples community, dear friends and close neighbors.
A funeral service for Jane will be held Monday, February 6, 2023 at 12:30 PM at Hodges Funeral Home at Naples Memorial Gardens, 525 111th Ave N, Naples, Florida 34108.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.hodgesfhatnaplesmg.com for the Kahlor-Racke family.
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