Valerie Jean Toennessen Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Valerie Jean Toennessen (Appleton, Wisconsin), who passed away on January 22, 2026, at the age of 67, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Valerie farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Valerie is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her brother Jay. She is survived by: her husband John; her sons, Michael and Matthew; her sisters, Willa and Diana; and her grandchildren, Juliana, Nolan and Blake.
