Daniel Steven Janetka

Daniel Steven Janetka obituary

Daniel Steven Janetka

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24

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11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Hitzeman Funeral Home & Cremation Services

9445 31st Street, Brookfield, IL 60513

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24

Funeral service

1:00 p.m.

Hitzeman Funeral Home & Cremation Services

9445 31st Street, Brookfield, IL 60513

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Oct

24

Burial

Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleums

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Daniel Janetka Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Hitzeman Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ltd. on Oct. 22, 2025.

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Daniel Steven Janetka, age 82, of Brookfield, WI, formerly of Okauchee and Green Lake, WI, East Peoria and LaGrange Park, IL. Beloved husband of the late Dianne Marie Janetka (nee Pelka); loving father of James (Roseann Benson) Janetka, Jeffrey Janetka and the late David Janetka; brother of the late Alan Janetka; Uncle of Luce (Timothy) Burke, Lisa (Scott) and Luke (Kimberley) Fikejs, and Sherrianne (Kevin) and Dale (Dorothy) Janetka, and the late Laurence Fikejs.

Visitation Friday, October 24, 2025 from 11:00 A.M. to time of Service at 1:00 P.M., Hitzeman Funeral Home, Ltd., 9445 31st Street, Brookfield, IL 60513.

Information 708-485-2000 or www.HitzemanFuneral.com

For those of you that would like to express your condolences to the family, please click on the link above and you can leave the family a message. If you wish to send a sympathy card, please feel free to send it to Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st Street, Brookfield, IL 60513 c/o Daniel S. Janetka Family. We will gladly forward it on to the family.

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Upcoming Events

Oct

24

Visitation

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Hitzeman Funeral Home & Cremation Services

9445 31st Street, Brookfield, IL 60513

Send Flowers

Oct

24

Funeral service

1:00 p.m.

Hitzeman Funeral Home & Cremation Services

9445 31st Street, Brookfield, IL 60513

Send Flowers

Oct

24

Burial

Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleums

Send Flowers

Only 14 hours left for delivery to next service.