Darlene J. Wills

Hazel Green, Wisconsin Darlene J. Wills, 79, of Hazel Green, Wisconsin, died peacefully after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease and cancer on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at home. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, October 12, 2018, at St. Francis de Sales Church in Hazel Green with Rev. Kenneth Frisch officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at the church where the parish wake service will be at 3:45 p.m. Friends may also call from 9-10:15 a.m. Friday at the church before the service. Casey Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Cuba City is in charge of arrangements. Darlene was born on April 6, 1939, in Darlington, Wisconsin, the daughter of Richard and Eldora (Bawden) Tucker. She married Joseph C. Wills on September 16, 1961, at St. Francis de Sales Church in Hazel Green. He preceded her in death on May 15, 1994. Darlene graduated from Shullsburg High School in 1957 and then attended Bayless Business College. She worked at Farley and Loetscher, taught knitting and crocheting through Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, and had a ceramic business and taught ceramics in her home. Darlene was very artistic and made many cross stitch pieces. She also did a lot of babysitting; her two favorites were Kurt Jon Haverland and Blair Schuler She was the Hazel Green correspondent for the Tri-County Press for many years and a member of the Tri State Needle Arts Guild in Platteville. Darlene enjoyed collecting dolls, figurines and John Deere memorabilia in honor of her husband. Darlene was a very generous person. Survivors include her children, Shelley I. Wills, Barbara A. Wills, David J. Wills and Jeffrey R. Wills, all of Hazel Green; her sister, Donna M. (Tucker) Casper, of Janesville, WI; her brother, Dale R. Tucker, of Shullsburg; her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Darlene (Wills) Wubben, of Platteville, Virgil and Kay Wills, of Cuba City and Dorothy and Robert "Bob" (Wills) Stafford, of Iron River, MI.; and many nieces and nephews. She was also preceded in death by her parents; her brothers-in-law, Duane Casper, Donald Wills and Laverne Wubben; a sister-in-law, Sandy Wills; her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Maurice and Marcella Wills; and a nephew, Danny Wills. A Darlene J. Wills Memorial Fund has been established. A special thank you to Drs. Nelson and Iverson and to Hospice of Dubuque.