Julianne Elizabeth Love died on May 4, 2026, after living with multiple myeloma in much the same way she lived life: courageously, unconventionally, and entirely on her own terms. Julie did not live a small or ordinary life.
She skinny dipped under full moons. She set elegant tables with fresh-cut flowers and exquisite cheeses while also teaching her children how to live off the land and play in the dirt. She believed in posture, perspective, ballroom dancing, bike trips, and the healing power of cod liver oil; in the ears and down the hatch - shot glass style.
Julie possessed a rare combination of gentleness and ferocity. With conversation and in her career as a marriage and family therapist, she listened intensely and carefully pushed beyond the surface - absorbing another’s thoughts and then responding with honesty, insight, and compassion. She continued to see clients until the day she passed.
Nowhere did that ferocity show more clearly than in motherhood. When hospital policy refused to let her sleep beside her newborn, she said, “Then I’m taking my baby home, this isn’t a prison,” and left the same day, walking through deep snow to get home. She would sneak her children out of school just to play, and could rationalize our questionable adolescent decisions with philosophical brilliance. We knew, beyond a doubt, that we were deeply loved.
While her life’s purpose was centered on being a mom, she dedicated herself fully to whatever she believed would make the world wider, kinder, or more beautiful. She volunteered without concern for recognition or money and pursued entrepreneurial ventures with determination, undeterred by her lack of business experience.
Julie was an unintentional provocateur and a woman perpetually ahead of her time. Long before yoga, wellness culture, and oregano oil were mainstream, she was already there: practicing meditation, foot reflexology, and drinking goat milk. There was no Advil in the medicine cabinet; instead, an insistence that the human body was capable of more than most people believed.
Julie was a colorful force of nature - elegant and earthy, fierce and tender, unconventional and deeply loving. She did not pass through life quietly; she expanded it for everyone around her.
Julianne is survived by her husband, Karey Love; her daughter, Anna Love; her son, Zachary Love; her grandchildren, Amelia Mickelson, Layla Mickelson, and Finley Mickelson; and our soul sister, Angelina Kombo, along with the many extended family members, friends, neighbors, and kindred spirits whose lives were permanently touched by knowing her.
Everyone is invited to celebrate Julianne’s extraordinary life on Sunday, May 31, 2026, at 2 p.m. at her home, Crane Hill Farm, 1159 255th Ave., Luck, Wisconsin.
You are invited to leave condolences, memories, and photos at rowefh.com. Arrangements are entrusted to Rowe Funeral Home in Luck, 715-472-2444.
