Jan 1, 2022

DEFOREST—David F. Inselman, age 59, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, June 2, 2022.  David was born on September 12, 1962 in Portage to Fredrick and Dorothy (Steffenhagen) Inselman.  He began high school in Lodi and was a graduate of DeForest High School, Class 1981.  He married Dawn Vokoun on October 15, 2011.

David worked for Form-A-Feed for...

Jan 1, 2022

Manitowoc – Christian Jeffrey Lang, age 69, passed away on Saturday January 1, 2022, unexpectedly at home.  He graduated from Middleton High School in 1970 and worked in the offices of Oscar Meyer from 1973 to 2013 at which point he retired.  He is survived by a brother Gary (Millie) Lang; two nephews Terrance (Sandra) Ostrander and Brent (Vicky)...

Jan 1, 2022

Mary Carol Lohr, age 67 of Madison, passed away peacefully on January 1, 2022, surrounded by family. Mary was born on October 19, 1954, in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The daughter of Wayne and Esther (Fowler) Williams. Mary attended her beloved Lincoln Junior High School, Madison Memorial High School, Madison Area Technical College, and UW Madison.

Mary worked at Cuna...

Jan 1, 2022

Madison – Virgil Houff, age 96, passed away on April 14, 2022, at the V.A. Hospital in Madison.  Virgil was born on August 14, 1925, in Austin, Minnesota to Joseph and Aletta (Rice) Houff.  He was the ninth of ten children.  When Virgil was one-year old his sisters dressed him as a girl and entered him in a baby...

Jan 1, 2022

On January 1st, 2022, Mary Ann O’Brien, most recently of Waunakee, WI, and longtime resident of Dubuque, IA, passed peacefully in her sleep after living for many years with dementia.

Mary Ann was born Mary Ann Beecher on March 12, 1933, to her parents Mary and Michael Beecher.  Having grown up in Mason City, IA, Mary Ann...

Jan 1, 2022

Joyce Shirley Ellenbecker, Madison WI, 87, only child of Robert and Margaret Possehl; mother to three children, grandmother to four and great-grandmother to one; devoted wife to Thomas Erwin; died on October 1, 2022, from cancer and complications of the heart.

Joyce Shirley Possehl was born on March 20, 1935, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She grew up in...

Jan 1, 2022

Sun Prairie – David N. McCarthy, age 56, passed away by taking his own life on May 7, 2022.  He was born on February 17, 1966, in Madison, the son of Gerald and Linda (Anderson) McCarthy.  David grew up on the north side of Madison and graduated from East High School and soon after joined the Army. David married...

Jan 1, 2022

Craig L. Bottorff, 80, was born January 22, 1942, died April 11, 2022.Craig struggled with Parkinson’s disease for several years but succumbed to complications following gall bladder surgery. His life partner Sue was by his side.

Craig was born in Chicago, IL. He grew up in St. Petersburg, FL and Evanston IL. Craig graduated from the University...

Jan 1, 2022

Madison Wisconsin-May 19, 2022

Stanley Maurice Heffernan

Stanley was born September 29, 1923, in Norwalk, Wisconsin. He was the son of Mabel (McGary) and Oliver Heffernan. His father came to Norwalk from Platteville to be its first high school Principal. His mother was the first-grade teacher and the granddaughter of the original land grant owner...

Jan 1, 2022

Margaret T. Kurek, 101, of Madison, passed away peacefully on May 28, 2022 — nine days shy of her 102nd birthday. She was born on June 6, 1920, in Madison, Wisconsin. Margaret was baptized and raised in the Presbyterian faith and was a member of Christ Presbyterian Church for many years. She married Frank L. Kurek at Pres House...

Jan 1, 2022

Norris Tibbetts passed away on October 22, 2022, at the age of 101 at his home in Madison.

He was born on August 12, 1921 in Boston MA and lived 2 years in Greenwich NY. His father was a Baptist minister; his mother was active in social and church affairs. The family moved to Chicago in 1923....

Jan 1, 2022

Elaine Kloepfel March 16, 1936 - January 8th, 2022

From 1989 - 1993, Elaine was employed as the Director of Nursing with St. Joseph's Hospital in Hillsboro with the charge to get them certified by The Joint Commission on Hospitals. After doing this successfully. Elaine stayed in the Quality Improvement arena by working with MetaStar back in...

Jan 1, 2022

Madison – Ann J. (Beld) Haessig, age 97, died on December 6, 2022 in Madison.  She was born on August 7, 1925 in Madison to Samuel Beld and Mary (Fell) Beld.  Ann is survived by her daughter Mary of Dublin, Ohio; many nieces, nephews and special friends Mary and Ron Melvin, and Bea Rauls.  She was preceded in death...

Jan 1, 2022

Twila Jean “TJ” Valentine passed away March 30, 2022 in Waunakee, WI. She was born on July 23, 1931 to Joseph and Elizabeth Duraney in Shaffer’s Corner, PA.  She is survived by daughters Laurie Duraney of Fitchburg, Jayne Schiro (Kevin Fillner) of Reedsburg, Beth Johnson (Tom McInnis) of Lake Tomahawk and grandson Nick Schiro of Madison.

She...

Jan 1, 2022

Cathy Hlavacek

Catherine Ann (Cooper) Hlavacek passed away peacefully in her home on July 2, 2022 after a courageous battle with cancer. Cathy was born in Madison, Jan. 19, 1944, and attended grade school at St. Raphael and St. James. She went to Edgewood High School where her favorite class was art. She was the only girl...

Jan 1, 2022

Melanie Ertz, age 53, died unexpectedly in her home on December 20, 2022.  Melanie was born in Milwaukee on the shores of Lake Michigan at St. Mary’s Hospital.  Melanie and her family moved to Madison when she was 5 years old.  She attended Montessori, Crestwood, Jefferson and graduated from Madison Memorial H. S.  Melanie went to Indiana University graduating...

Jan 1, 2022

The world lost a beautiful, gentle soul on March 15, 2022 when Ken Pelatzke, age 79, peacefully passed away at Agrace Hospice in Madison. For a little over a year he privately kept his cancer at bay. His positive attitude helped him survive longer than expected.  His family and his family of friends know that he is now with...

Jan 1, 2022

Madison – Raymond C. Matulionis, age 87, of Madison, WI, died Tuesday, April 26, 2022.  He was born on June 15, 1934, in Utena, Lithuania, the son of Kazimeras and Mary (Stoskute) Matulionis.

After immigrating to the United States in 1947, he and his family settled in Racine Wisconsin. He graduated from St. Catherine’s high school in...

Jan 1, 2022

Stoughton - Warren Brewster III, age 77, passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison.  He was born on January. 25, 1945, in Elkhorn, Wis., the oldest of two children, to Jeanette and Warren Brewster II.

Warren is survived by his wife of 44 wonderful years Paula (Loose) Brewster,...

Jan 1, 2022

Madison - Tom Thurlow was a kind, generous, intelligent, eccentric uncle who died December 18 after a blessedly brief battle with pancreatic cancer.

He was born in 1951 in Charlottesville, VA and grew up in Madison (West HS 69 - "Flash", class photographer) within earshot of Camp Randall.

After graduating from UW pharmacy school he...