Teresa Fornero, 90, of Cedarburg, Mequon and Kenosha, was called Home to reunite with her beloved Bob, cherished sisters and other loved ones on April 13, 2024. She embodied a youthful exaltation of spirit and a laugh that lit up every room she entered.<\/p>\n
Teresa was born on Sunday, January 28, 1934, in Kenosha to Bernice Bernadette Woswillo and Leo Henry Skotski. She grew up in Kenosha, attending St. Casimir Grade School and St. Catherine\u2019s High School in Racine. When asked her favorite subjects, she replied \u201crecess and religion.\u201d That seems to say it all about her fun-loving and open-hearted personality.<\/p>\n
Despite growing up as a self-proclaimed tomboy, Teresa had dreams of becoming an airline stewardess. She wound up growing too tall. At the suggestion of her oldest sister Pat, who she idolized, Teresa become an x-ray technician at St. Catherine\u2019s Hospital in Kenosha. Her life\u2019s wish, however, was \u201cmarriage and family.\u201d<\/p>\n
Teresa met her husband Bob in play practice for the St. George Dramatic Club, where Bob said he liked her smile.<\/p>\n
Teresa: \u201cWhen are you going to ask me to marry you?\u201d Bob: \u201cAs a matter of fact, tonight!\u201d<\/p>\n
They were married at St. Casimir\u2019s Church in Kenosha on June 1, 1957, where Teresa\u2019s most vivid memory was Bob\u2019s loving kiss at the back of the church. \u201cIt seemed to me there was no one there but the two of us.\u201d She got her wish.<\/p>\n
In 1959, Teresa and Bob welcomed their only son Daniel Robert, who, according to Teresa, resembled Bob immediately, \u201cwrinkled forehead, receding hairline and all.\u201d She was immensely proud of his later success as a professional trumpet player, a love that began with the Kingsmen Drum and Bugle Corps, which Bob had founded with John Vagnoni.<\/p>\n
Teresa was always active in the church, particularly with Shows-a-Poppin at St. Mark’s Catholic Church and later preparing teens to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation in Mequon.<\/p>\n
Teresa was never happier than when she was up north in Three Lakes, where her Aunt Lucy had found Rustlewood Resort in the early 1960\u2019s. Teresa continued to make memories with multiple generations of family in the Honeymoon Cottage for decades to come. The mighty Green Bay Packers were the other primary source of Teresa\u2019s happiness. She was a season ticket holder since 1962 and passed the tickets on to her treasured only grandchild, Angela Danielle.<\/p>\n
Teresa spent her final years with Bob in Cedarburg, where she loved collecting strawberries at the annual Strawberry Festival and officially welcoming new members to the Evergreen Park community.<\/p>\n
Teresa said her hope for the future was to \u201cenjoy the beauty of our surroundings.\u201d And that she did. After Bob\u2019s passing in 2019, Teresa moved to sunny southern California, where she spent her final years enjoying her rose garden, the ocean, gatherings with family, and dates with her granddaughter. She got to hear her son perform live for the last time at LA\u2019s Ahmanson Theatre in December 2023. Teresa lived with the wonderful caretakers at Ivy Park at Cerritos, where she passed peacefully with three rosaries in her hand.<\/p>\n
Teresa will be deeply missed by her son, Daniel Fornero; daughter-in-law Melinda Fornero and granddaughter, Angela Fornero of Los Angeles, CA.<\/p>\n
Teresa was preceded in death by her husband, Bob Fornero and sisters, Pat Golen and Leona Werner.<\/p>\n
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A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, May 13, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, 4816 7th Avenue, Kenosha, WI.<\/p>\n
Inurnment will follow in St. George Cemetery.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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