October 31, 1953 - April 12, 2021
Janesville, WI - Kathleen Marie Kathy Heider passed away on April 12, 2021 after a nearly six year battle with stage 4 endometrial cancer. Kathy was born on October 31, 1953 at the Edgerton Hospital, the daughter of Victor Ballmer and G. Jean (Barrett) Ballmer. Kathy grew up on the family farm in Center Township, the oldest of six children.
Kathy attended the Crall School on Roherty Road for three years and then attended the Evansville Public Schools where she graduated with the EHS Class of 1971. She attended UW-Platteville right out of high school where she made some lifelong friends but after a year wasn t certain what she wanted to do so left school with a vow to get her degree in the future.
A man who spent most of his life satisfying local sweet teeth has died.
Bob Hiller ran the Rollin Pin Bakery in Janesville for 41 years, closing the business in 1999.
Hiller died Saturday at age 92. He hadnât baked for nearly a year, family members told The Gazette in February, saying Hillerâs heart problems made it impossible to continue.
Bob and his wife, Sandy, had sold cream puffs and other sweets at fairs for years, and they continued doing that after retirement, according to Gazette records.
Sandy died in 2007. Bob kept on baking. In recent years, he cut back to selling cookies five times a year on the weekends before Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Fourth of July and Valentineâs Day.
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