Una Kannel-Jenny

Una peacefully went to be with our Lord on May 25th, 2026, at the SV Care Center.

Visitation is Wednesday, June 3, 2026, from 4-7 at the Brother Michael Center in Spring Valley and one hour prior to the service on Thursday.

Mass of Christian Burial is Thursday, June 4, at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Burial is in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Spring Valley.

Una Mae was born April 4th, 1935, in Ellsworth, WI to Bernard and Marie (nee Nelson) Demuth.  She was the 2nd of 8 children and a twin with the oldest.  She graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1953.

On June 7, 1955 she married Richard (Dick) Kannel at St. Francis Catholic Church in Ellsworth. They started their married life in St. Paul MN where Una worked for a telephone company.  They finally settled in Spring Valley, WI.  Along with raising her 10 children, she had a daycare and took in foster children.  She also tended bar part time in the evenings.  She always said that she babysat the neighborhood kids during the day and babysat their parents at night.

When all her kids were in school, she went to work in the Spring Valley School District, where she worked for more than 20 years.  She started out as an aide to the disabled and worked her way into the district office.

After 10 years of being widowed she married Robert (Bob) Jenny on April 4th, 2008. They lived happily in Spring Valley until he entered Birch Haven Care Center in November of 2017, to provide the additional care that his Alzheimer’s journey required.

Some of Una’s favorite things in life were spending time with her family, playing cards with her siblings, visiting with her adult children, watching her grandchildren and great grandchildren grow, her faith in the Lord, and tending to her many flower gardens and plants.

She was preceded in death by her parents Bernard and Marie Demuth, her husband’s Dick Kannel (1997), Bob Jenny (2019), daughter Jacki Thoen, grandchildren Alyssa Spence, Joanne Kannel, Jennifer Kannel, and Jeremy Sonntag, great granddaughter Millie Alton, in-laws Pete DeGross, Bob Beaver, Bob Fetzer, Jim (Fran) Kannel, Dale (Betty) Kannel, Geraldine (Elwin) Brunner and Kathleen Smith.

She will warmly be remembered by her children Bobbi (Randy) Spence, Mary (Mark) Alton, Greg (Connie) Kannel, Joanne Vanasse, Tammy (Brian) Ormson, Tim (Donna) Kannel, Stephanie (Brad) Sonntag, Tina (Jason) Johnson, & Kris (Bill) Klages, son-in-law Greg Thoen, Step children Tom (Ann) Jenny, Michele (Chris) Mauer, Lee (Steve) Walters, & Melissa (Kevin Linden) Jenny. 56 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren, and 6 great great-grandchildren. Siblings Yvonne DeGross, MaryAnn (Bud) Blodgett, Margret Beaver, Betsy Fetzer, Peter (Cheryl)Demuth, Mike (Fern) Demuth, Becky (Jerry) Zelenka, and brother-in-law Dan Smith.  Many more relatives and friends.

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