Carol Jahnke

Carol Irene Kennedy was born to Thomas and Eleanora Kennedy on April 3, 1946 in Madelia, MN.  She grew up in Madelia and graduated from Madelia High School in 1964.  She married Wayne Jahnke on October 8, 1969 in Sioux Falls, SD.  The couple lived in rural Madelia for many years.  Carol spent much of her time as a homemaker and working endless hours with Wayne collecting and recycling scrap metals.  She enjoyed coloring pictures, tending to their many farm cats and was a loving grandmother to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  She and her husband Wayne spent their most recent years together at Crystal Seasons in Lake Crystal.

Carol Irene Jahnke age 76, of Lake Crystal, MN, formerly of Madelia, MN, died on November 13, 2022, at the Crystal Seasons in Lake Crystal.

She will be dearly missed by her husband, Wayne Jahnke; children, Mark, Terry and Wayne Jr. Jahnke; grandchildren, Tracy, Ashley, Brittany, Curtis, Cody, Terri, Gena, Amy and 17 great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents and daughters-in-law, Paula Jahnke and Jennifer Jahnke.