All Obituaries

Julie passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 27, 2020 her loving heart sadly gave out. Julie was a graduate of Waunakee High School, completed her Bachelor of Education at UW Eau Claire and completed her Master of Education in Professional Development through UW Whitewater. From the time she was a young girl, Julie wanted to be a teacher.  Julie’s passion was teaching young minds and worked proudly for the Hartland School District for 34 years.  She taught Seventh...

Monona- Bernard “Barney” Lohan, 78, passed away in peace on Friday, April 3, 2020 at home surrounded by his family.  Barney delighted in the fact that he was born in a yellow cab on the south side of Chicago and shared a birthday with John Wayne.  He attended St. Priscilla grammar school and Steinmetz High School where he would meet the love of his life Jeannette.  He joined the Chicago Police Department in 1967 and worked undercover as a young cadet during the...

Mathilda Agnes Ripp, 103, died at the Waunakee Manor on Wednesday, March 18, 2020.  God answered her prayers as she went to Him peacefully in her sleep.  Mathilda was born on December 3, 1916, to William and Catherine (Faust) Dahmen on the family farm in Cross Plains, WI  She attended St. Francis Xavier School in Cross Plains where she proudly recalled being able to skip 3rd grade and graduated from 8th grade.  Mathilda was united in marriage to Albert Ripp on October 12,...

Services Pending, please come back at a later time.

Retired US AF Colonel Thomas “Tom” O’Regan Haig died of natural causes Sunday, March 15, 2020, at 9:10 p.m. at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg, WI. He was 98 years old. Tom Haig was born on June 12, 1921, the third of four children of Robert Bruce Haig and Nellie Elizabeth Regan Haig in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where Mr. and Mrs. Haig owned and operated a pharmacy. After graduating from Ypsilanti High School, Tom attended Ypsilanti’s Normal College and Cleveland’s Case...

Private services will be held. 

Nancy Johnson (formerly Bolles) was born January 16, 1946 to Ray and Marjorie Johnson in St. Paul, Minnesota and passed away peacefully on March 30, 2020 after valiantly coping with MS and its complications for fifteen years. She did this with an upbeat attitude encouraged by the prayers of loved ones.  She would be the first to say her strength to deal with this long illness came from God.  Everyone who came into her presence was inspired by her cheerfulness and genuine interest...

MADISON—William James “Bill” Connors, 81, died Monday, March 30, at Agrace Hospice Center after a recurrence of cancer. Born in 1938, Bill was raised in working-class neighborhoods of Madison like the Greenbush by his parents, James and Elenora (Freiling)  Connors. He attended St. Raphael’s school through 8th grade and played youth baseball and Pop Warner football. He attended Madison Central High School, from which he graduated in 1956. He was a varsity...

Joseph William Fogerty, 97, of Madison, WI, formerly of Herrin, IL, passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2020, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison.  Joe was born in St. Louis, MO, on Jan 11, 1923, to William A. Fogerty and Edna E. Fogerty (Wieland). Joe graduated in December 1943 from the University of Dayton with a BS in education and spent the next 4 years teaching at South Side Catholic High School in St. Louis.  During the Korean War Joe enlisted in the army for three years,...