Nancy A. Buetow

1931 - 2015

Buetow, Nancy A. (Née Allison ) Former longtime resident of Menasha, WI. Passed into Eternal Life on Monday, August 24, 2015 at the age of 83. Beloved wife of the late William J. Buetow. Loving mother of Allison (Pat) Harrison, Susan (Debra Bongiovanni) Carver and Enoch "Nick" (Ruth) Carver and stepmother of Cynthia (John) Manders, Philip (Janis) Buetow and Wendy Buetow. Doting grandmother of Rachel (Eric) Rojas, Ben (Lisa) Fenske, Andrea (Tyler) Smith, Hannah (Chris) Carpenter, Elizabeth Carver, and Bryce (Rita) MacMartin and step-grandmother of Tim (Trish) Fenske, Mark (Sarah) Harrison, Lisa Harrison, Nicholas Buetow, Adam Manders, and Lorene (Joshua) Meier. Proud great-grandmother of Luke, Adam and Chloe Rojas; Jacob Boudreaux, Courtney and Alex Fenske; Saige, Harrison and Lorelai Smith; Jonah, Solomon, Israel and Anthem Carpenter; and numerous step-great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Daniel (the late Gloria) Allison and the late Virginia (the late John) McNaughton. She was preceded in death by a grandson, Adam Fenske and her parents, Daniel B. and Louise K. (Nee Klein) Allison of Wauwatosa. Nancy was born in Milwaukee on November 15, 1931. She attended Wauwatosa public schools and married Enoch Carver III of Green Lake. She later married William J. Buetow of Wauwatosa in 1981. Nancy was a gifted artist and artisan? she loved flowers and gardening and found a career as a floral designer at The Cottage Shop in Green Lake, Rose's Flower Shop in Wauwatosa, Pilgrim Square in Brookfield and Sentry Food Stores throughout Milwaukee. In 1977 she quit her job and went into fulltime Christian work, serving in the Prison Ministries of Campus Crusade for Christ. She worked in prisons in California, counseling and guiding female inmates and then continued that work in Wisconsin at Taycheedah Correctional Institution in Fond du Lac and the House of Correction in Milwaukee. After moving to the Fox Valley of Wisconsin in 1984, Nancy and her husband, Bill started a gift shop called The White Cart in Neenah, where she continued to use her talents in floral designing. She and Bill were actively involved in their churches wherever they lived, Elmbrook Church in Waukesha, Calvary Bible Church in Neenah and First Baptist Church in Sarasota. Nancy will be remembered for her wonderful sense of humor, creativity, boldness, love of the Packers, and most of all, her strong faith in God. It was her desire for everyone to know the love of God and to follow her Savior, Jesus Christ. She will be deeply missed and forever loved. "Absent from the body, present with the Lord." Family and friends will gather on Sunday, September 13, beginning at 2:00 PM at Eastbrook Church, 5385 N. Green Bay Ave., Milwaukee, with a memorial service celebrating Nancy's life and faith following at 3:00 PM. In memory of Nancy and the Christian work she did in prison ministry, donations may be made to that program; checks should be payable to CRU and sent to CRU c/o Dan Brygger, Prison Ministry Director, PO Box 7452, Appleton, WI 54912.