Josephine A. Boelkow

Josephine Antoinette Boelkow(Amoroso)

Josephine Boelkow was born to eternal life on January 4th, 2023, at Hamilton House Memory Care following a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. She was born on May 31, 1933 in Milwaukee, the daughter of Anthony and Rosa Amoroso (Adornato).

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Tom, after 67 years of marriage. She is survived by their sons and daughter, Thomas(Joni), Laurel( Robert), and Jeffrey(Kelly). Further survived by grandchildren who she dearly loved, Stacy, Lindsay(James), Amanda(Adam), Robert(Lauren), Erik(Lara), Brian, and Zachary(Sloan). She adored her great grandchildren, Preston, Jared, Courtney, Atticus, Alba, Luca and Liz. Also survived by her loving sisters, Giovanna and Nina.

Josie grew up in Milwaukee, graduated from Milwaukee Lincoln HS and worked in retail before marriage. She continued to work retail on and off and spent most of her working career as a Personal Banker for the Brown Deer Bank. She and her sister Nina were the proud owners of Tyrone Irish Crystal Shop for many years.

She was a life long member and Past President of the Brown Deer Woman's Club, having led many philanthropic events. She loved playing Bridge and duplicate Bridge, even though she would say she was not very good. Tom and Jo loved to travel with family, as well as with their life long friends. The cottage in Boulder Junction was always a special place for the family. Visiting her brother Joe, who recently passed away, was always special for her.

A memorial service for Josephine will be held at Mueller Funeral Home, W63 N527 Hanover Ave. Cedarburg on Jan. 19, 2023 at 5:00 pm. Family and friends are welcome at the Funeral home for visitation from 3:00-4:45pm. Private interment will take place at a later date.

Our heartfelt thanks to the staff at Hamilton House for their kindness and compassionate care of mom for the past 2 1/2 years.

In Lieu of flowers, memorials to Alzheimer's Association in Josie's name or to St. Coletta of Wisconsin in the name of Stacy Boelkow are appreciated.