Julia Wickland

Madison - Julia Connor Wickland died Monday, June 25, 2018 unexpectedly of natural causes. Julie was born on July 10, 1945 in Madison, the daughter of Robert James Connor Jr. and Mary (Tormey) Connor. She married Rex Wickland on November 17, 1979 in Platteville, Wisconsin.

Julie graduated from Mazomanie High School in 1963. She attended the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and graduated in 1967, with majors/minors in education, journalism, and history. She taught high school English in Reedsburg, Wisconsin for two years before joining the faculty at UW-Platteville in 1969, where she taught journalism. While teaching there, she worked on and received her Master of Arts in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She served for years on the Alumni Board at UW-Platteville.

Julie was one of the most intelligent and most relentlessly curious people who has ever lived. Travel was one of her great loves. Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Tanzania, Vietnam & Cambodia with Rex were just the highlights.

Julie was preceded in death by her parents, and by her sister Cathy. She is survived by her husband Rex and brothers Robert J. (Rosemary) Connor III, Neil (Marcia) Connor, Patrick (Joan) Connor, John (Leslie) Connor and sisters Margaret (Joseph) Galle, Mary (Sheri Maverman) Connor, Virginia Porterfield, Elizabeth (Steve) Tucker, Ellen (Marcel Van Camp) Connor, and numerous nieces and nephews.

A Celebration of Life will take place on Saturday, June 30th, 2018 from 2pm until 4pm at Cress Funeral and Cremation Services on Speedway Road, in Madison, WI.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Alumni Association would be appreciated.


Cress Funeral & Cremation Service
3610 Speedway Road Madison
(608) 238-3434