Alice

Rosenbalm

Obituary for Alice June Rosenbalm, known by her husband as “Sam” and to many others as “Mammy”. June was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great and great-great grandmother, daughter, sister, sister-in-law, aunt and friend.

June was born on June 27th 1934 at home in Opelika, Alabama. She passed away peacefully at home on October 27th, 2026 with family by her side

June met Gordon A. “Rosie” Rosenbalm on April 1, 1951 and married Rosie on December 4th, 1951. They were married for 58 years until Rosie passed away on July 7th, 2010.

They started out their marriage in Columbus, Georgia, since Rosie was in the Army and stationed at Fort Benning, GA. From there they moved to Reedsburg, Wisconsin area that Rosie grew up in. Snow was a big shock to June since she had not seen it before. They had 3 sons while living in Wisconsin, Tom, Marvin and Henry. They moved to Poplar Grove Il a few years later and settled down to raise their family. A few years went by, and they added two daughter’s to the family, Dawn and Judy.

Through the years June worked most of her life until she retired. Having lived on a cotton and tobacco farm until she got married. June knew what hard work was. She started hand milking the cows at the age of 4. She started baking at the age of 5 and even made her own 5th birthday cake by herself. They had to help work the farm, including hand picking cotton and tobacco as soon as they were big enough to carry the bags around the fields. In Wisconsin she worked in some factories-at a canning factory and Hankscraft. In Illinois she worked at the Admiral plant in Harvard and Plaspros .

June and Rosie loved raising their children and spending time with them and all the grandchildren. June loved keeping her house spotless, gardening, canning and especially working with her flowers. She enjoyed baking for the holidays, especially her homemade pies-pecan (with pecans from Alabama) and pumpkin pies. She would bake 18-24 pies for the holidays. We have never found a pecan pie as good as mom’s. June and Rosie enjoyed going to the casinos and playing cards with friends and family. After Rosie passed away, she had a lot of fun playing Go Fish and games with the grandkids.

June or “Mammy” loved being a grandma. She loved having them over to her house for sleepovers and all the mischief that she and the kids could get into. Mammy carried on the tradition of card playing, board games, and coloring with the generations of grandchildren. Mammy had fun going to events that the grandchildren were in. If she couldn’t make it, she liked to watch it on the phone. Mammy loved to teach others to bake to carry on the family recipes. Mammy was very proud of all of her grandchildren the way to the great-great grandchildren.

June really enjoyed watching football but only her favorite teams-Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn University Tigers, the Green Bay Packers and Wisconsin Badgers.

June is preceded in death by-The love of her life Gordon A. “Rosie” Rosenbalm, her son Marvin and his wife Robin, her mother and father, mother and father-in-law’s, her brother and sister-in-law, many brother-in-laws and sister-in-laws, grandparents, aunts and uncles. She is also preceded in death by 4 babies she carried for a short time, but she loved for a lifetime.

June “Mammy” is survived by Tom (Grace) Rosenbalm, Henry Rosenbalm, Dawn (Wayne) Redner, Judy Johnson. Grandchildren: Angie (Eric) Bara, Melissa Zinke, Sarah Harrelson, Christine (Jeff) Sturm, Jim (Jen) Rosenbalm, Alesandra (Ryan) Lawrence, Ken (Heather) Rosenbalm, Fawn (David) Their, Amber Rosenbalm, Brian (Amanda) Redner, Jeff (Stacy) Redner, Rose (Mickey King) Howard, and many great and great-great grandchildren, and 2 sister-in-laws.

June “Mammy” will be cremated by Anderson Funeral and Cremation Services. At this time there will be no services per June’s request. A private inurnment will be held at a later date.