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.
John Shep
Jun 25, 2020
Stoughton- John J. Shep, age 73, received eternal life in Christ on June 25, 2020. John was born Jaroslav Petrovich in a refugee camp in Rosenheim, Germany on January 19, 1947 to Eugenia and Petro Shepelyavetz. In 1942, as young teens, his parents were forced to leave their villages in Ukraine to work as slave laborers in Germany. Then...
Judy Kinning
Jun 25, 2020
Stoughton- Judy A. (Glassing) Kinning, age 76, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, June 25, 2020. She was born in St. Paul, MN on November 6, 1943, the daughter of Otto and Margaret Glassing. Judy graduated from South St. Paul High School. She married Terrance Kinning in 1972 and moved to Fresno, CA. They moved to...
Daniel Webster
Jun 24, 2020
Daniel M. Webster, age 69, of Union Grove passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. He was born to the late Grant Webster and Carol Johnson Storrs on August 19, 1950 in Madison. Danny endured an injury during birth that caused him to be increasingly disabled. At age 3, he had a massive grand mal seizure. With the advice...
Gary Schlei
Jun 23, 2020
Gary was born in West Allis to Rosemary (Adamec) and LeRoy Schlei on September 4, 1948. He is survived by his wife Nancy Wilson Schlei, his dog Mozart, and brother Dennis (and Patty) Schlei, along with niece Jessica (Vaughnn) Parker and nephew Matt (Donna) Schlei.
Gary was a musical prodigy starting with accordion at age 5 (for...
William Ganser
Jun 23, 2020
William John (Bill) Ganser died peacefully on June 23, 2020 of Alzheimer’s disease. Bill was born on March 22, 1948 to Vic and Mabel Ganser and spent his early years growing up in Roxbury and Sauk City, Wisconsin. After graduating high school in 1966, Bill served four years in the United States Air Force as a sheet metal technician...
John Harrington Jr.
Jun 23, 2020
John Timothy (Tim) Harrington, MD was born on July 6, 1940 to John T. and Marcia McKenna Harrington in Madison, Wisconsin and died at Agrace Hospice on June 23, 2020. Tim was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on May 21, 2020 and opted to spend his remaining time at Agrace, in the company and comfort of dear friends and family. ...
Loretta Brabender
Jun 21, 2020
Loretta W. Brabender, age 91, passed away peacefully on Sunday June 21st, 2020 at home surrounded by her family. She was born on November 17, 1928, to Louis and Helen (Becker) Endres. Loretta married Donald W. Brabender on October 30th, 1952, and he preceded her in death on May 20th, 2017. Loretta was a lifelong member of St. Peter’s...
Harold Zuercher
Jun 21, 2020
Harold Alois Zuercher, age 94, passed away on June 21, 2020 at his home. He was born June 16, 1926 in Rochester, MN the son of John Zuercher and Edith Ann Stucky. He married Mardell Koelsch on February 20, 1949 in Pine Island, MN.
Harold attended Pine Island High School. His served his country in WWII in...
Doris Brodhagen
Jun 21, 2020
Doris Elaine Brodhagen passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2020 at the age of 96. She was born in Bonduel, Wisconsin on March 9, 1924, the daughter of William and Magdalena Augusta (Handt) Brodhagen. For many years she was a much-valued member of the staff of the Bonduel Bank. After she retired, she moved to Green Bay, and then...
Mai Chee Thao
Jun 20, 2020
Mai Chee Thao, 34, passed away June 18th, 2020 in a tragic car accident.
Mai Chee was born on June 26th, 1985 in Ban Vinai, Thailand to Pa Thao and Long Thao. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Social Work at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2010. She married Symon Moua Lee in October of 2011. Together...
Jeremy Ebidon
Jun 20, 2020
Jeremy Edward Ebidon, age 35, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes on June 20, 2020. He was born on October 3, 1984 in Niagara, WI, the son of Kelly Sparapani and James (Ed) Ebidon Jr. Jeremy moved to Waunakee in 1991 where he lived until graduating high school, afterwards staying in the Madison area to further his education. Jeremy...
Susan Aehl
Jun 19, 2020
Madison - Susan Ann Aehl (nee Smrz), a wonderful mother to five children, and much loved by eleven grandchildren, died at home on Friday, June 19, 2020, at the age of 84.
Susan was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Clarence and Loretta Smrz on October 23, 1935. Susan was the oldest of “The Smrz Girls,” loved by...
Beverly Schwartz
Jun 18, 2020
MADISON- Beverly Mildred (Daly) Schwartz, age 93, passed away on Thursday, June 18, 2020. Beverly was born on August 12, 1926 in Rockford, IL, to Bernard and Katherine “Kitty” Daly. Beverly is survived by her children Dawn and (Peter) Feneht, and Lynn Wunderlin; her grandchildren Kelly (Chad) Nielsen, Robyn (Keith) Grover, April (Matt) DeWar; her great grandchildren Calissa and...
James Skaar
Jun 18, 2020
James “Jim, Jimmy” Skaar
Cottage Grove- On June 18, 2020, Jim, 85, went to heaven and joined his loving wife, Nola. Jim passed away at home he lived in most of his life surrounded by family. Jim was born in December 1, 1934. He is the son of Neli and Myrtle Skaar. Jim farmed for over 60 years...
Susan Baumblatt
Jun 18, 2020
Madison - Susan Ostrow Baumblatt died peacefully on Thursday, June 18th in Madison Wisconsin. Born and raised in Milwaukee Wisconsin on March 30, 1939 the only child of Dr. Maurice and Lucille Ostrow. After graduating from Whitefish Bay High School Sue attended the University of Wisconsin Madison where she met and married Dr. Michael J. Baumblatt on June 15,...
Betty Ellis
Jun 18, 2020
Stoughton - Betty J. Ellis, 92, passed away unexpectedly on June 18, 2020.
Betty was born on January 15, 1928 in Evansville, WI, to Lillie and Ray Paar. After Lillie’s death in 1929, Betty was adopted by Tommie and Nettie Durst. She grew up in Primrose township.
Betty married Robert A. Ellis on August 24,...
John Horachek
Jun 17, 2020
John Horachek, 51, passed away on June 17 in Madison, Wisconsin. John grew up in Goodrich, MN, later moving to Stevens Point, WI where he met his husband, David Stortz, in 1998. They shared a home in Alma Center, WI. Together they moved to Madison in 2000 where they lived until this March, then moving to a new home...
Beverly Steffens
Jun 17, 2020
Appleton/Madison - On June 17th, 2020 at the age of 82, Beverly F. (Helke) Steffens passed away after a long battle with dementia at the Wisconsin Veteran’s Home in King, WI. Beverly, Bev, was born on April 5, 1938 in Wisconsin Rapids, to Henry and Frances Helke and was one of their five children. Beverly, a devoted and loyal wife,...

Mary Goodrich
Jun 17, 2020
MADISON- Mary Jane Goodrich, 99, of Madison, passed away peacefully with family by her side on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at Ingleside Manor in Mount Horeb.
Funeral services will be private. She will be buried alongside her husband Robert in the Bear Valley Cemetery near Richland Center.
The family would like to extend their heartfelt...

James Namio
Jun 15, 2020
MADISON- James "Jim" Namio, 88, passed away on Monday, June 16, 2020 at Four Winds Manor in Verona. Funeral Services are pending.
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