All Obituaries

Anureet Singh,  age 47, passed away Saturday, June 12, 2021.   Live Streaming services will be held on Tuesday, June 15, 2021.  Please return for more information.     

WAUNAKEE Oliva Maria (Brez) Meriggioli, age 89, passed away Sunday, June 6, 2021.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 11, 2021 at ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC CHURCH, 209 South St., Waunakee. Msgr. James Gunn will officiate. Family will greet friends after 1 p.m. until the time of Mass. Live streaming will be available via St. John's website, stjb.org. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery.    Winn-Cress Funeral & Cremation...

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Goebel, Leo L. Madison:  Leo Lawrence Goebel, age 94, passed away Thursday, June 10, 2021.  Arrangements are pending, and a full obituary will follow. Please share your memories at www.cressfuneralservice.com Cress Center 6021 University Ave. Madison (608) 238-8406

WAUNAKEE       Mary Lou Parker, age 79, of Waunakee, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at Agrace in Fitchburg, WI. She was born on January 8, 1942 in Madison, the daughter of Walter L. Wallace and Sarah O. Halvorson.  Mary was the second oldest of four children and loved all of her siblings dearly. Mary graduated from Madison Central High School in 1960. She married Terry L. Parker on July 31, 1965, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Madison,...

Mark David Gibson, 49, of Madison, passed away Friday, June 4, 2021 at UW Hospital. He was born in Jacksonville, IL, August 29, 1971, son of the late Michael and Donna (Flynn) Gibson. He married Jasmin Mayhew on September 14, 1996 in Lincoln, NE. Mark graduated in 1993 from Illinois Wesleyan in Bloomington, IL and later attended graduate school at University of Nebraska in Lincoln.  Mark worked as a software engineer for Forte Research (Advarra) for over 15 years.  Mark’s...

Janet Coles MacDonald , age 83, of Middleton passed away on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at Brookdale Stonefield in Middleton, WI.  Janet was born on December 31, 1937 in Staten Island, New York to the late Roswell and Pearl Coles Sr.   Janet graduated from Staten Island Academy in 1955 and from Boston University in 1959 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She later received her Master of Arts degree from Lamar University.  She married William MacDonald in 1959. Janet and William...

Madison: Carolyn (Drake) Horton died June 8, 2021 (age 84) at Hebron Oaks, Madison.  Carolyn was born January 3, 1937, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Everett A. and Ruth (Dickson) Drake, who predeceased her.  Carolyn was raised in the Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park and attended Northrop Collegiate Academy.  She graduated from Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, and, after raising a family, received an MBA from the University of Wisconsin –...

Brooklyn- Gary Stephenson, age 82, took flight to a better place on Monday, June 7, 2021.  He was born in Ashland, WI on June 4, 1939 to Thomas and Eleanor (Mockler) Stephenson.  At age 2, they moved to Lake Delton, WI where he spent his childhood and teen-age years.  Gary graduated from Wisconsin Dells High School in 1957 and left two days later for Great Lakes Naval Training Center.  He was only 17 when he enlisted so joined under a program called the Kiddie...

Dorothy (Gahr) Schwartz, aka “Svthrt”--yes that is spelled correctly--went to bother Bill, her late husband, on  June 7, 2021. Dorothy was born in Chicago on Dec. 31, 1923, to Ben and Clara (Ackerman) Gahr.  Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, Ben and Clara; her brother, Norton Gahr; her daughter, Marlene Schwartz; and William “Bill,” her doting husband. New Year’s Eve will never be the same. The whole world celebrated her birthday...