Obituaries
Recent obituaries in Madison, WI
The obituaries in the Madison, WI Area reflect the region's diverse population, featuring individuals from a variety of ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Some were pioneers in their fields, while others dedicated their lives to community service or philanthropy. Their stories serve as a reminder of the richness and complexity Madison's history and identity.
Thomas Pomraning
Dec 23, 2020
Pomraning, Thomas “TomPom”
Madison: We lost a most remarkable and incredible person on December 23, 2020, when Thomas E. Pomraning, “TomPom”, age 78, died at home from complications of a five year battle with lung cancer.
In Tom’s words, If you are reading this, then I have died. I have asked that there be none...
Edwin "Ed" Kruchten
Dec 23, 2020
Edwin (Ed) Kruchten died on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. He was born on May 12, 1927 on a farm in the town of Berry, near Cross Plains, WI to Mary (Maier) and Joseph Kruchten. While growing up, he helped on the farm and developed a life-long interest in farming. In 1948, he began working at MG&E . He suffered...
Gladys Frederick
Dec 23, 2020
Waunakee -- Gladys Regina (Schlimgen) Frederick age 88 died on Wed Dec 23, 2020 at Sienna Meadows Memory Care Assisted Living in Oregon following a short battle with Covid-19. She was born in Madison on Jul 12, 1932 to Paul and Wilhelmina (Vosen) Schlimgen. She married Gerald Frederick on Aug 5, 1961 at Blessed Sacrament Church in Madison. Gladys...
Emil Korenic
Dec 23, 2020
Korenic, Emil Walter – SUN PRAIRIE
Emil Walter Korenic, age 94, passed away peacefully on December 23, 2020 at Agrace HospiceCare, Fitchburg. Emil was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 22, 1926 to Karol (Charles) and Bertha Korenic. Even before high school, Emil knew he wanted to be an architect, so he attended Tilden Technical School in...
Eugene "Gene" George
Dec 22, 2020
Cottage Grove, Wisconsin – Eugene L. George passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 22nd at Hyland Crossing Memory Care in Sun Prairie. He was 77 years old.
Eugene was born July 3rd, 1943 to Keith and Edith George in Lancaster, WI. He was united in marriage to Judith L. Kirsch on August 5th, 1967 in Gillett, WI....
Juanita Gibson
Dec 22, 2020
Juanita Gibson was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend. She was born to Isaiah Newman and Delia Bell Newman (nee Rainwater) on Dec. 4, 1928 in Flomot, Texas. She left this world suddenly on Dec. 22, 2020 at St. Mary’s hospital in Madison, WI after a brief illness.
Her early years were spent...
Eric Olsen
Dec 22, 2020
Eric Orville Olsen passed away in Madison, Wisconsin on December 21, 2020, at the age of 58. Eric was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Ward and Peg Olsen in 1962 with Down Syndrome, but that presented no barrier to living a remarkably full and accomplished life. He was a pioneer in many respects -- he was educated in the...
Franklin Wilson
Dec 22, 2020
Franklin Delano Wilson, Ph.D., the William H. Sewell-Bascom Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, passed on December 22, 2020, at his home in Fitchburg, Wisconsin. He was 78 years of age.
Franklin was born on September 3, 1942, in Birmingham, Alabama, the second of six children to his parents, the Ollie Lee Wilson and...
Irene Ilgen
Dec 22, 2020
Irene Ilgen died on December 22 at the age of 98. She lived a remarkable and active life and was a seventy-year resident of Madison. She will be missed by her family and the many friends she made in Wisconsin, across the country, and around the world. Irene was born in Markesan, Wisconsin in 1922 and grew up with...
Anne Hatcher
Dec 22, 2020
Anne Hatcher, age 75, of DeForest, WI passed away surrounded by her loved ones on December 22, 2020 in Madison, Wisconsin. She was born on July 30, 1945 in Irwinton, Georgia, the daughter of James Robert Hatcher and Rupert Fountain Hatcher.
The template for this obituary wants us to tell you that our mother attended the University...
William "Bill" Amundson
Dec 21, 2020
Stoughton
William M. “Bill” Amundson
Bill Amundson died December 21, 2020, three days short of his ninety-second birthday. He was born in Stoughton, WI on Christmas eve, 1928. Bill lived his adult life in the house where he grew up. As a boy, with brothers Art Jr. and Dick and sisters Gloria and...
Ann Falconer
Dec 21, 2020
Ann Falconer of Madison, WI, passed away in her sleep on Monday, December 21, 2020, at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg. Ann Lenore Drake was born on September 7, 1929, in Sarona, WI. She was the first of four children born to John S Drake and Aurelia L (Gyte) Drake. She was followed by: Lillian “Betty” (George) Files of Redding,...
Jeanette Ross
Dec 21, 2020
Jeanette Ross, Professor, Emeritus Status, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music died December 21, 2020, at her residence in Madison. The daughter of Clyde W. and Catherine Beal Ross, she was born in Dixon, Illinois, on February 8, 1923.
She began early grades there, finishing in Springfield, Illinois, and graduating from Springfield High School.
As...
Anthony Sanna
Dec 21, 2020
Anthony Raphael Sanna
June 25, 1948 - December 21, 2020
Anthony Raphael Sanna died peacefully at his home, with his wife Stephanie and three children by his side. At 72, Tony succumbed to thyroid cancer, twelve years after his diagnosis, and slipped away on the longest night of the year.
Tony was a...
Jean Nelson
Dec 19, 2020
Jean C. Nelson left her earthly home and entered her Heavenly home to join loved ones on December 19, 2020. Her passing reflected her life of being gentle, strong, and brave. Jean was born on September 16, 1936 in Iowa County to the Lyle and Della (Peterson) Hunter. She enjoyed a rural life on the farm in Wyoming Valley...
Allan Huizenga
Dec 18, 2020
Stoughton – Allan E. Huizenga, age 76, died peacefully on Friday, December 18, 2020 at UW Hospital, Madison. He was born September 26, 1944 in Morrison, IL to Marvin and Phyllis (Temple) Huizenga. He was a graduate of Morrison High School, Northwestern College in Orange City, IA, and Western Theological Seminary. In 1967, he married June Houtsma. He served...
Evelyn Hubred
Dec 18, 2020
After 99 years, the heavens opened the gates and welcomed home Evelyn (Gyland) Hubred on December 18th, 2020. She was born November 1, 1921 in township of Cottage Grove to Gust and Gusta “Gustie” (Rustad) Gyland. Mom married Dad (Melvin Hubred) in 1940. They farmed where Mom was born and raised until they retired to Deerfield in 1998.
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Grace Shaw
Dec 17, 2020
Grace Douma Shaw passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2020. Born on August 28, 1922 in Ottumwa, Iowa, she was the oldest child of educators Frank Walter and Ruth Hartzell Douma. Graduating from Coe College (Cedar Rapids IA) in three years during WW II, she embarked on a teaching career on her 21st birthday. She taught high school history,...
Dr. Clemens Schmidt
Dec 17, 2020
Dr. Clemens Sichling Schmidt, age 87, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2020. Born in Appleton on March 13, 1933 to the late Herbert and Irma (Sichling) Schmidt.
He was an amazing husband, father, psychiatrist and friend to many. He will always be missed, by his wife, Sylvia, of 64 years, his family and all...
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