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.
Emmett Schulte
Mar 26, 2020
Madison – Emmett E. Schulte, age 89, died peacefully with his wife, Mary Ann, by his side on March 26, 2020. He was born upside down (his nose ran, his feet smelled) at home in Robbinsdale, MN on November 14, 1930, to Petronella M. (Vetsch) and Henry J. Schulte, the sixth of ten children. The family moved to a...
Dolores Ripp
Mar 26, 2020
Dolores M. Ripp, age 92, passed away peacefully on March 26, 2020. She was born on the family farm in Cross Plains, Wisconsin, on May 20, 1927, to Carl and Catherine (Hellenbrand) Buechner. She married Jerome J. Ripp on August 31, 1948, at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Martinsville. She farmed with Jerome in the Westport/Waunakee area for many...
Doryan Kerr-Goetsch
Mar 25, 2020
Madison, Horicon, Monroe, WI - Doryan (Webster) Kerr-Goestch passed away peacefully March 25, 2020 at Oakwood Village Prairie Ridge.
Doryan was born in a tiny Texas town to parents Paul and Sarah Webster. Paul was a cowboy and ranch hand in Texas, and later worked construction. Sarah was a homemaker, raising four children. The Websters eventually moved...
Linda Jungbluth
Mar 25, 2020
Madison -Linda Kaye Jungbluth, 72, went to be with the angels on Wednesday, March 25th, 2020. She was born July 11, 1948 in Madison to Bertrum and Elizabeth (Ingram) Jungbluth and resided in Madison her entire life.
Linda worked in the hospitality profession most of her life including at The State Capital, The Orpheum Theater, and Rennebohm’s...
Rocky Offerdahl
Mar 25, 2020
Rocky Brian Offerdahl, age 51, of Stoughton, died on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at UW Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.
Rocky was born October 8, 1968, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to Dennis and Rita (Benjamin) Offerdahl. He was a 1986 graduate of Stoughton High School and attended Madison Area Technical College. Rocky battled against the loss of his...
Joan Kemnitz
Mar 24, 2020
Madison - Joan Alice Kemnitz died peacefully on March 24 at Agrace Hospice Care in Madison with family at her bedside. She was born On March 25, 1933, in Joliet, Illinois to Harold C. and Alice M. (Ziebarth) Kemnitz, and while growing up lived in Erie, Pennsylvania; Waterloo, Wisconsin; and Baltimore, Maryland. Joan was an outstanding student at the...
Susan Becker
Mar 24, 2020
Please join us for a memorial service celebrating the life of Susan Becker. Bring your memories of this wonderful sister, friend to everyone, devoted Christian, consummate volunteer and believer in our innate goodness. If ever a mountain seems too high, remember the mountains that Susan climbed during her time with us.
The service will...
Natalie Langkilde
Mar 24, 2020
On March 24, 2020, Natalie Langkilde (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin) passed away at the age of 58, one month after surgery to remove a brain tumor. She was able to be at home with family and pets. Natalie was born January 10, 1962 in Sacramento, California to Howard Earle Porter and Rosalind Marie Porter. She was preceded in death by...
Melissa "Missy" Bingham
Mar 23, 2020
Stoughton - Melissa "Missy" Bingham, age 34, of Brooklyn WI passed away Monday March 23, 2020. Missy graduated from Oregon High School in 2004. She is survived by her parents Judy and Ronnie day of Brooklyn; her sister Jessica Bingham of Brooklyn, her half-sister Kelsey Bingham of Lacrosse, brother Brian Day of Argyle, brother Darrin Day and his husband...
Larry Mellum
Mar 22, 2020
Larry H. Mellum, age 80, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 22, 2020 at the William S. Middleton Veterans Hospice Center with his son and daughter by his side. Larry was born on July 5, 1939 in Dodgeville, WI to Harland and Ione Mellum (Olson).
Larry attended McFarland grade schools through 8th grade where he enjoyed playing...
Roseann Otter
Mar 22, 2020
WAUNAKEE- Sunday, March 22, Roseann Brei Otter, beloved wife of Tom Otter, passed away at SSM St. Mary’s in Madison; she was 79.
She was born at home on the family farm in Plain, WI on February 9, 1941. After graduating from St. Luke’s Catholic School, she began working at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Dodgeville, WI. There she met...
Ruth Gilbertson
Mar 22, 2020
Ruth V. Gilbertson, age 94, passed away on Sunday, March 22, 2020 at the Skaalen Home in Stoughton. She was born on April 9, 1925 in Waukegan, IL to Joseph and Etta (North) Weidner. Ruth married her husband, Alton Gilbertson, on May 17, 1947. Alton preceded her in death on November 10, 1989.
Ruth was completely devoted...
Robert Behr
Mar 20, 2020
Robert K. Behr, 81 of Boca Raton, FL. and Middleton, WI. died March 20,2020. “Bob” Behr, son of Orlo and Margarite Behr, loving husband of Loris Behr, passed away at his home in Middleton, WI. He is survived by his wife Loris and her 4 children John Ellis (Melissa), Robert “Bo” (Debra) Ellis, Marjorie (Richard) Anderson and Edwin “Ned”...
Linda Bryan
Mar 20, 2020
Madison
Linda R. Bryan, age 68, passed away peacefully on March 20, 2020, with loved ones by her side. She was born on May 21, 1951, in Madison, the daughter of Arthur and Leititia (Herring) Grueneberg.
Linda married James “Jim” Bryan on October 6, 1984. She was the owner and operator of Linda’s...
John "Jack" Laufenberg
Mar 20, 2020
Waunakee: John (Jack) Laufenberg passed away March 20, 2020 at Homestead Living, Inc. Jack was born December 5, 1930 to Norbert and Caroline (Kalscheuer) Laufenberg in the Town of Springfield, Wisconsin. He was united in marriage to Geraldine Koch on September 11, 1956, and together they worked the family farm until Jack’s retirement.
Jack is survived by...
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...
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