Robert “Bob” Edwin Sette

Robert “Bob” Edwin Sette, 75, of Juneau, passed away on July 19, 2024 after a coura­geous 2-year bat­tle with can­cer.
He was born on Oc­to­ber 24, 1948, in Hus­tis­ford, to Edwin and Lil­lian (Pautz) Sette. Robert grad­u­ated from Juneau High School in 1966 and re­ceived his bach­e­lor’s de­gree from UW-Madi­son in 1970, where he was a mem­ber of the Alpha Gamma Rho fra­ter­nity.
In his youth, Robert was an ac­tive mem­ber of FFA and ded­i­cated his ca­reer to the agri­cul­ture in­dus­try. He took over man­age­ment of the fam­ily dairy farm, then worked at the Ree­seville Agri-Cen­ter, and re­tired from Knowles Pro­duce and Trad­ing Com­pany.
Robert was a life­long mem­ber of St. John’s Evan­gel­i­cal Lutheran Church in Juneau, ded­i­cat­ing his time to as­sist with ush­er­ing, audio/vi­sual, and trea­sury ser­vices. Robert en­joyed going to an­tique trac­tor shows, play­ing crib­bage, lis­ten­ing to 50s/60s music and watch­ing TV shows, such as NCIS and Blue Bloods. He found great joy in his grand­kids, es­pe­cially help­ing with their an­i­mals and 4-H pro­jects. As a true Wis­con­si­nite, he would cheer on the Green Bay Pack­ers and Bad­ger foot­ball teams.
Robert is sur­vived by his daugh­ters, Melissa Lake, Amy (Ryan) Baumeis­ter, and Gina (Ryan) Wit­tnebel; grand­chil­dren, Rose, Cas­sidy, Car­men, Adam, Olivia, Mason and Carly; sib­lings, Rus­sell (Pa­tri­cia) Sette, Linda (Glen) Pret­zer, and Bar­bara (Ron) Smits. He is fur­ther sur­vived by step-grand­chil­dren, step­great-grand­chil­dren, an uncle, nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives and friends.
He was pre­ceded in death by his par­ents; son-in-law, Joseph Lake; and for­mer wife, Rose­mary Schulz.
Vis­i­ta­tion is Sun­day, July 28, from 3 to 6 p.m. at St. John Ev. Lutheran Church in Juneau and Mon­day, July 29, from 10 to 11am. Fu­neral ser­vice will fol­low at 11 a.m. at church. In­ter­ment will be in Juneau City Ceme­tery.
The fam­ily would like to thank UW-Health, Wa­ter­town Re­gional Med­ical Cen­ter, Hill­side Hos­pice, and Epic Care So­lu­tions staff for the care they pro­vided Robert.
The Berndt-Ledesma Fu­neral Home-Juneau is serv­ing the fam­ily.