Jan 2, 2021

Fred Currier, age 94, a long-time resident of Madison, WI, passed away due to COVID.

Fred was born and raised on a farm in Kensington, Kansas. He served in the Navy, in the Pacific theatre, in WWII. After the war, he returned to the farm for ten years. He then moved to Madison, where he attended Madison...

Jan 2, 2021

Stoughton – Sharon L. (Gilson) Schmudlach, age 75, passed away peacefully on Saturday January 2, 2021 at Skaalen Home in Stoughton.  She was born January 12, 1945 in Stoughton to the late Loy and Viola Gilson.  Sharon is a graduate of Stoughton High School and attended beauty school after that.  Sharon married Roger P. Schmudlach on April 22, 1967....

Jan 2, 2021

The world lost a unique and wonderful soul when Ronald L. Ruble passed through the gates of heaven. He died in the arms of his beloved wife, Mary, on Saturday, January 2, 2021. Together they achieved their goal of facing the end of his journey at home, where they had faced his battle against cancer as a team throughout...

Jan 1, 2021

Katherine (Kit) Saunders Nordeen

Kit Saunders Nordeen, who pioneered women’s athletics at the University of Wisconsin in the 1960s and ‘70s, and as a top national administrator fought for equal opportunities for women athletes in the tumultuous years following the passage of Title IX, died January 1, 2021, at Oakwood Village University Woods in Madison. She was...

Jan 1, 2021

MADISON - John P. Hughes, Jr., 69, of Madison, passed away peacefully on January 1, 2021 at Agrace Hospice - Janesville. He was born on August 3, 1951 in Paducah, KY to J. Peter and Nancy (Schwenk) Hughes. He is survived by his mother, Nancy; sister, Anne (Stanley Livingston) Hughes; and niece and nephew, Kelsey and Sam Livingston.

Dec 31, 2020

Madison - Steven F. Siehr, age 77, passed away peacefully in his home on Dec 31, 2020 surrounded by his family. He was born on June 13, 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Jeanette (Enwright) and Joseph Siehr.

Steve served in the US Army during the Vietnam War in Karlsruh Germany. He later received his undergraduate degree in...

Dec 30, 2020

Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, Kathleen “Kathy” Berkseth, age 68, passed away peacefully on December 30, 2020 at UW Hospital in Madison.

Kathleen Jean Lange was born on May 12,1952 in Burlington, Wisconsin to Marvin and Clara (Greil) Lange.  She graduated from Waterford Union High School in 1970 and attended the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire, graduating...

Dec 30, 2020

Yolanda Maria Theresa Giovanna Rendano (Hoff) Busse, age 105, of Madison, passed away on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at Agrace Hospice-Madison. She was born on November 9, 1915 in Youngstown, Ohio. Her parents were Italian immigrants from the Naples area. Her father and his brother came through Ellis Island and opened a jewelry/music store in Youngstown. When Yolanda was...

Dec 29, 2020

Jeffrey John Kempf, age 64, reached eternal rest on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Agrace Hospice in Madison, Wisconsin, following a cancer diagnosis mid-2020.

He was born, the youngest of seven children, on April 18, 1956 to Frank and Dolores (Straetz) Kempf of Glidden, Wisconsin.  He was a 1975 graduate of Glidden High School and a 1976...

Dec 29, 2020

MADISON – Marion Applegate, 94, passed away on December 29, 2020. She was born in Madison on June 23, 1926. She was raised in Washington, D.C. by her parents, Frank and Jane Kuehl, formerly of Madison. She was very proud of her German, Norwegian, and Cornish heritage.

Preceding Marion in death were her first husband, Dr. Donald...

Dec 28, 2020

VERONA/MADISON – Phyllis E. MacAllan Easterday went home to her Heavenly Father on Monday, December 28, 2020. She was born on March 18, 1928 in Lansing, MI to John “Jack” and Lora (Cherry) MacAllan.

Phyllis graduated from the University of Michigan with a Medical Technology degree. She worked full time in the Inorganic Chemistry Department for the...

Dec 28, 2020

Maxwell, Mary

Madison-Mary Amanda Wee Maxwell, age 85, died December 28, 2020 at Agrace HospiceCare from lung cancer.

Mary was born in Madison Dec. 19,1935 to Elizabeth and Rev. Morris Wee, the pastor of Bethel Lutheran.

She was the oldest of 4 siblings. Mary spent much of her childhood in Madison.  She was...

Dec 28, 2020

STOUGHTON - Jeffrey Alan Freitag, age 51, made his final exit on Monday, December 28, 2020 after a short battle with cancer. Jeff was born November 4, 1969 in Delavan, Wisconsin, the son of Ralph and Dorothy Freitag.

After attending grade school in Delavan, Jeff attended UW-Madison earning a degree in Real Estate and Finance. While a...

Dec 28, 2020

An angel arrived on Earth when JoAnn May Avery was born in San Francisco, CA on February 8, 1943. She and her family moved to Mauston, WI shortly thereafter. Here, she met her lifelong friend, Sandy Wedekind, (whom you will hear more about later, because she played such a memorable and whimsical role in JoAnn’s life).

JoAnn...

Dec 28, 2020

On December 28, 2020, Michael Joseph Wroblewski, loving husband, father, brother, and friend, died at home of complications from a heart arrhythmia.

Michael was born on May 9, 1958, and grew up ...well, let’s just say he got older... in Burlington, Wisconsin, and attended college at UW-Madison, where he met his future wife Beth-May, and created life-lasting...

Dec 28, 2020

Thomas Morton Boykoff was born on 3 May 1943 in Brooklyn, New York. He died on 28 December 2020 in Madison, Wisconsin. He moved to Madison to attend the University of Wisconsin and aside from three years attending law school, he lived there his entire adult life. He loved Madison, with its stimulating mix of state government, university life,...

Dec 28, 2020

Richard E. (Dick) Pollock, age 85, of Waunakee, WI passed away on Monday, December 28th at a Madison Hospital. He was born to Earl and Mimadell (Jones) Pollock on May 7th 1935. He grew up on Madison's East side and graduated from Madison East High School. He married Florencia (Flo) Roh. He is survived by his wife of 64...

Dec 28, 2020

David Michael Witherill passed away with his mother, father, and brothers at his side on December 28, 2020.  David was born on July 19, 1998 in Janesville, Wisconsin to Christine and Jerry Witherill.  He attended Sun Prairie Schools and graduated from Sun Prairie High School in 2017.  He was accepted into the Madison College Culinary Arts program.

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Dec 27, 2020

Waunakee:  Tony Benish, 68, went home to be with his Lord on December 27, 2020, with his family at his side.

Tony worked for Kraft Foods for 35 years before his retirement in 2008.  Out of the various positions he held at Kraft Foods, his favorite was investigating possible fraudulent workmens compensation claims and guarding the president...

Dec 26, 2020

Virginia A. Wolfe

“Ginny”

Virginia “Ginny” Wolfe was born on March 8, 1942, in Wauwatosa, WI, where she grew up. She had a ten-year struggle with ovarian cancer and passed away on December 26, 2020.

She was a well-educated woman; she graduated from Wauwatosa High School and went on to graduate...