All Obituaries

On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Richard Herbert Sewell, aged 89, passed away peacefully at Agrace hospice. Richard was born April 11, 1931 in Ann Arbor, MI to Herbert and Anna (Broene) Sewell. Like them, he attended the University of Michigan and in 1953 graduated with an honors degree in history. In 1964, he was awarded a PhD from Harvard University. In between his pursuit of history, Richard in 1954 was accepted into the United States naval officer candidate school and spent more than two...

Deerfield- Joan G. Beckett, age 88, passed away on Sunday, August 2, 2020 at Home Again Assisted Living in Cambridge.  She was born in Janesville on April 23, 1932, the daughter of Robert and Ruth Pierce.  Joan graduated from Colfax High School in 1950.  She worked at Highway Trailers in Edgerton where she met her husband Llewellyn Beckett.  They were united in marriage on September 27, 1952 in Janesville.  Joan worked at American Family Insurance for 35 years until...

Chrysentia (Chris) Jane Hegley passed away July 31, 2020 at Agrace Hospice Center in Fitchburg WI after a several year battle with cancer at age 78.  Chris was born on September 27, 1941 in St. Mary’s Hospital Madison, Wisconsin to Albert and Lenora (Skellenger) Hegley.  She graduated from Wisconsin High School on the University of Wisconsin campus in 1959.  She went on to study for a year and half at University of Wisconsin Madison.    Chris was a mainframe...

Eric Leonard Pedersen, 70, of Madison, WI peacefully passed away on July 30, 2020 at Agrace Hospice Care. Eric was born on November 18, 1949 in Davenport, IA to Leonard and Nellie, who preceded him in death. Eric is survived by his daughter and sister, Erin and Diane, and dog, Sammy. Burial services with full military honors will be held on September 3, 2020 at 2pm at the Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove. As a proud Navy veteran, donations in memory of Eric may be made to...

Monona – Elden Louis Steele, age 78, passed away peacefully on Wednesday July 29, 2020 at the UW Hospital in Madison. Elden was born April 16, 1942. He was raised by his adoptive parents Elden and Arvella Steele in Davenport, IA. Elden worked for Dane County for many years, retiring from working in Security at the City-County building in Madison in 2005. Though he was not born to great wealth, status, or privilege, he was a deeply spiritual man, whose Christian faith helped him lead...

Michael Steven Daubs, 77, of Sun Prairie, Wis., died July 29, 2020, at home surrounded by his family after a long battle with frontotemporal dementia. He was born on July 24, 1943, to Howard and Mary (Rice) Daubs in Albion, Ill., and graduated in 1961 from Las Vegas (NV) High, where he was voted class clown. He was the first of his eight siblings to graduate from high school and the first to go to college. As a youth, Michael loved little league baseball and enjoyed drag racing with his...

SUN PRAIRIE-Joseph F. Wisniewski passed away on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 after a 23 year battle with Parkinson’s Disease.  He was born in 1941 in Saginaw, Michigan and moved to Sun Prairie, Wisconsin in 1987 due to a work transfer.  He married the love of his life, Claudette Nowosatka, on August 11, 1962 and together they had four children.  Joe is survived by his wife of 58 years, Claudette Wisniewski.  He is also survived by sons Kevin (Lori) Wisniewski of Punta...

MADISON - Ellen Cross was born on January 9th, 1924 to Ellen Leta Leady and Carl Thomas Leutenmayer, and passed away on July 28th, 2020.  Ellen packed a lot into her 96.5 years. One of six siblings, she grew up in Springfield, IL.  She spent time on a farm during the depression. She graduated from nursing school during WWII, and practiced her profession until retiring in her mid 60’s. Ellen married Howard Cross in 1946, before moving to Madison, WI. She had six children:...

Madison - Timothy T. Matthews, age 91, of Madison, WI, died Sunday, July 26, 2020. He was born on October 8, 1928, the son of John and Helen (Nachazel) Matthews. On September 16, 1950, he married Helen Barger at Holy Mother of Consolation Catholic Church in Oregon, WI. Tim proudly served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict from 1952 to 1954. He was employed as an Engineer Technician with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Bridge Division, from 1951 to his retirement in...

Madison - Shirley G. Schildkraut, born Sarah Goldlust, August 10, 1918, in Cleveland, Ohio, died July 26, 2020. Major themes in her life were events around the 1930s and 40s. An early, sudden death of an older sister, Ruth Goldlust at fourteen, had a powerful affect on her family. Her maternal Grandfather, Abraham Dorfman, lost much of his family living in a village near Warsaw in the Holocaust as did the Goldlust family of Busc, Poland, and Paris, France; all were from towns in Poland. Her...