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.
Esther Kvale
Mar 20, 2020
Madison- Esther Kvale, age 81, passed away peacefully Friday March 20, 2020, at Agrace HospiceCare. Esther was born April 14, 1938, in Wheeler, WI, the daughter of Orvile and Jessie Moen.
On September 8,1957, Esther was United in Marriage to Donald Kvale. They spent 55 loving years together until Donald’s passing. Esther worked...
Lillias Kessenich
Mar 20, 2020
Kessenich, Lillias M.
Waunakee: Lillias Marie (Fitzgerald) Kessenich passed away peacefully on Friday March 20, 2020. Lillias was born April 3, 1927 in Ketchikan, Alaska the daughter of William H. “Harry” Fitzgerald and Elizabeth M. (Schlais) Fitzgerald. She met her husband, Robert H. Kessenich, during WWII while he was stationed in Alaska. They were married November 9,...
Mathilda Ripp
Mar 18, 2020
Mathilda Agnes Ripp, 103, died at the Waunakee Manor on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. God answered her prayers as she went to Him peacefully in her sleep. Mathilda was born on December 3, 1916, to William and Catherine (Faust) Dahmen on the family farm in Cross Plains, WI She attended St. Francis Xavier School in Cross Plains where she...
Judy Spiegel
Mar 18, 2020
Judith Ann Spiegel, February 8, 1951 - March 18, 2020
"My book was written by God even before I was born, I just didn't know my last chapter would be when I was 69. I had hoped for another 20 years and to see my grandchildren grow up and that the youngest would remember his Grandma. Endometrial...
Gertrude Flanagan
Mar 17, 2020
Madison-Gertrude M. “Trudi” Flanagan age 91, died peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Trudi was born on January 4, 1929, to the late Peter and Mary Neal in Summerville, South Carolina. Trudi grew up in Summerville during the depression and WWII with her two sisters (Mary and Barbara) and two brothers (Elmo and George). After training...

Jack Strain
Mar 17, 2020
Jack was united in marriage to Gail Margaret Andreas on October 20, 1972, in Norfolk, VA. Together they were married 47 years, and raised their daughter Jackie.
Jack served in the U. S Navy and the Reserves. He worked for Oscar Mayer, Rayovac and GE Medical. Jack enjoyed the company of his family and friends and had...
James Paradiso
Mar 16, 2020
Born in Chicago, IL to Loretta (Pullano) and James Paradiso Sr., James (Jim) Raymond Paradiso, age 75, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 16th, 2020, in Madison, Wisconsin. A “recovering academic” at heart, Jim was forever proud of his graduate degrees in Philosophy and Business Administration with particular loyalty and affiliation to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. An early adapter...
Marie Dodd
Mar 16, 2020
Marie Dodd, age 98, died at home in Madison on Monday, March 16, 2020. She was born on Sep. 12, 1921 in Lancashire, England, the daughter of Susannah and Albert Armistead.
Marie is survived by her children, Richard (Marilyn) Dodd, Joanna (Henry) Schwebach, Judith (Jim) Mills, and Jane (Wayde) Peroceschi; her grandchildren, Alex (Shawn) Kelly, Richard Schwebach,...
Richard Wilder
Mar 15, 2020
Richard “Dick” Wilder died peacefully on March 15th. Born in 1925 and one of five siblings, Dick lived most of his life in Madison, WI.
In 1943, aged just 17, Dick enlisted to help fight World War II. Assigned to the Pacific theater in the Army’s 25th Infantry Division, Dick aspired to becoming a paratrooper, but was...
John Schlinkert
Mar 15, 2020
MADISON-A few days after his 73rd birthday, John Frederick Schlinkert passed away at home March 15, 2020, following a period of declining health. He was born March 12, 1947, in Madison, WI. A gentle soul has been called to his final rest by his Savior.
John loved to be around people and to know about their families....
Thomas "Tom" Haig
Mar 15, 2020
Retired US AF Colonel Thomas “Tom” O’Regan Haig died of natural causes Sunday, March 15, 2020, at 9:10 p.m. at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg, WI. He was 98 years old.
Tom Haig was born on June 12, 1921, the third of four children of Robert Bruce Haig and Nellie Elizabeth Regan Haig in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where Mr....
Olvi Mangasarian
Mar 15, 2020
Madison: Olvi Leon Mangasarian, 86, died at University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison on March 15, 2020.
The son of Leon Mangasarian and Josephine Amassian Mangasarian, Armenian refugees, who fled during the 1915 Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, he was born in 1934 in Baghdad, Iraq. He studied at the Jesuit Baghdad College and American University...
Sarah "Sally" Peterson
Mar 14, 2020
Sarah Peterson, known fondly as Sally, passed away peacefully at Stoughton Meadows on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at the age of 88, surrounded with the love of her family.
Born on August 4, 1931, Sally was the daughter of Alden "Shorty" and Bertha Mae Bauder of Decorah, Iowa. She attended Decorah High School (class of 1949) and...
Richard Spilde
Mar 14, 2020
Richard E. Spilde, age 81, passed away on Saturday March 14, 2020.
Private family services will be held with burial service at Bristol Lutheran Cemetery.
A memorial service will be planned at Our Savior's Lutheran Church at a later date so that all who loved Dick can celebrate his life.
Cress...
Jean Nelson
Mar 13, 2020
Madison - Jean M. Nelson passed away peacefully on March 13, 2020. She was born on November 18, 1929, in the Borough of Richmond, New York City, to George H. and Mary (Brazil) King. Jean attended Rosary College (now Dominican University) in River Forest, Illinois, and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she began her professional career with what...
Danny Ranck Jr.
Mar 13, 2020
On Friday, March 13, 2020, Danny Lee Ranck Jr. left his earthly body, at 38 years old, and entered eternal life, after sustaining injuries as a passenger in a car accident.
Danny was born on July 31, 1981 in Fairfax, VA to Danny Lee Ranck Sr. and Beth Ann Erickson. He was a gifted mechanic and artist,...
Eugene Klee
Mar 13, 2020
MADISON- Eugene H. Klee passed away at All Saints Memory Care, Madison, WI, just seven days short of his 88th birthday, on March 13,2020 due to Dementia/Alzheimer's Disease. Gene, the son of Henry and Emma (Haas) Klee, was born on March 20, 1932 in Madison, WI.
Gene attended Randall Kindergarten, Blessed Sacrament grade school and West High...
Betty Strand
Mar 13, 2020
Deerfield - Betty Ann (Halvorson) Strand, 78, of Deerfield, WI, passed away peacefully in her home on Friday, March 13, 2020. Betty was born on September 7, 1941, to Harold and Myrtle (Loftus) Halvorson. After her mother died of complications from childbirth, Betty was raised by her aunt and uncle, Ingeborg (Halvorson) and Harold Gullickson. She grew up on...
Lowell Creitz
Mar 13, 2020
Madison- Lowell M. Creitz, 89, of Madison passed away on Friday, March 13, 2020 at home. He was born on February 4, 1931 in East Chicago, Indiana to Alford Eugene and Hazel (Miller) Creitz.
He married Joan Harrison on September 6, 1953 in Rochelle, Illinois. The couple has two sons, James and Joseph.
Lowell was in...
Karen Warren
Mar 13, 2020
Madison - Karen Lynn Warren, age 87, of Madison, Wisconsin, died on March 13, 2020, after battling breast cancer for more than a year. She was born in the Chicago, Illinois area on July 30, 1932, and was adopted into the loving Jacobson family from Minnesota shortly after her birth. She spent her early years mostly in Iowa and...
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