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.
William Bula
May 10, 2018
William J. Bula, age 63 of Madison, WI, died of glioblastoma on Thursday, May 10, 2018. Bill was born on June 5, 1954 in Palmer, AK and moved to West Lafayette, IN at age two. He met the love of his life, Elizabeth J. Neary at Notre Dame in the architecture library. Their early courtship included a full...
Arlene Failing
May 9, 2018
Arlene Shirley Failing, age 93, passed away on Wed May 9, 2018 in Madison. She was born July 27, 1924 in Madison to the late Arthur and Sadie (Roundy) Allegar. Arlene was a leader and active of Deerfield Lutheran Church, loved making Christmas cookies, knitted blankets and hats for premature babies, volunteered as a tour guide at the...
Sheryl Ruedebusch
May 9, 2018
MADISON Sheryl Ann Ruedebusch (aka Mimi) passed away on May 9, 2018 at the age of 71. Sheryl was born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1946 and was currently residing in Columbia, Missouri. She was preceded in Death by her Mother, Beverly J. Hudson, Father, Robert W. Hudson and Brother, David P. Hudson. Sheryl is survived by two children,...
Genrikh Babich
May 9, 2018
Genrikh Babich, 88, of Madison passed away on Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 after a short battle with illness. The only child of Hanin Babich and Liya Shtivelbandt. Genrikh was born on August 5th, 1929 in Berdichev, Ukraine. Following World War II Genrikh met his future wife Galina, on a hiking trip in the Caucasus mountains. They were married...
Michael Lessing
May 9, 2018
MADISON Michael A. Lessing passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. He was born in Pittsburgh to the late Mark and Ruth (Birnbaum) Lessing. He earned a degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He married Sherry Cousin in Pittsburgh on July 7, 1977, and together they raised their loving daughter, Amy, married to Beau Thompson. He was a...
Eunice Ellenberger
May 7, 2018
MADISON--Eunice A. Ellenberger, age 103, passed away on Monday, May 7, 2018, at Oakwood Village. She was born on Aug. 23, 1914, in Nadeau, Mich., the daughter of the late Andrew and Hanna (Christiansen) Benson. Eunice graduated in 1932 from Sturgeon Bay High School. She was married to William Ray Ellenberger on June 17, 1950, in Chicago, Ill....
Helen Fossen
May 7, 2018
STOUGHTON - Helen Margaret Fossen age 85, left this earth Monday May 7, 2018. Born on Nov. 16, 1932 near Orfordville, to the late Sever and Clara Wolden. She married Earl Fossen on Sept 10, 1955. Helen was an amazing mother, wife, homemaker, Assistant Librarian at Yahara School. Early in her working life Helen was a typist for...
Carol Peckham
May 6, 2018
Middleton - Carol Arlene (Geist) Peckham, passed away at age 82 on May 6, 2018 in Middleton, Wisconsin. She was born on September 17, 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Alfred Robert and Marie Elizabeth (Brunow) Geist. Carol was the loving wife of the late Erwin Arnold Peckham Jr., married for 60 years. Carol was a manager...
Jeffrey Steele
May 5, 2018
Madison - Jeffrey Allen Steele, age 71, of Madison passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2018, in Madison. He was born February 15, 1947, in Berkeley, California, where his father was in graduate school at UC- Berkeley. His parents were Charles William Steele and Eleanor Townsend Steele. Jeff married Jocelyn Carol Riley in Northfield, Minnesota, on September 4,...
Dolores Ohlert
May 4, 2018
Madison - Dolores Ohlert, 74, passed away Thursday, May 4th at University Hospital after a long battle with cancer. She was born on April 1, 1944 in Prairie du Chien, WI, to James and Fern (Ocenosak) Ohlert. After elementary school at St. Mary of the Angels in Green Bay, WI, she entered the convent in the Order of...
David Page
May 4, 2018
David Anthony Page, age 54, of Middleton, Wisconsin, passed away on May 4th, 2018 in his home. David was born on February 29th, 1964 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the son of LaMont F Page Jr., and Lorraine Anne (Newell) Page. David was raised in Bloomer Wisconsin, attending Bloomer High School where he was very active in music and...
Robert Nyborg
May 4, 2018
Robert Wilson Nyborg age 90, passed away peacefully at Agrace Hospice Center in Madison on Friday May 4, 2018. He was the son of Josephine and George Nyborg. Robert was born in Token Creek Wisconsin in a home that still stands there. The family relocated to Madison where he graduated early from East High School in February 1946...
Ruth Ratzlow
May 4, 2018
Sun Prairie Ruth M. Ratzlow, age 92, of Sun Prairie, died Friday, May 4, 2018, at Waunakee Manor. She was born March 29, 1926, in Sun Prairie, the daughter of Ernest and Helen ( Skram) Kreger. Prior to her retirement in 1991, she was employed by Wisconsin Porcelain for 45 years. Then she was invited to work at...
John Martin
May 3, 2018
Professor John Arthur Martin, age 83, died Thursday, May 3, 2018. The son of Mathias and Clara (Specht) Martin, he was born August 10, 1934 in Kaukauna, WI, where he attended parochial and high school. On December 27, 1954, he married Mary Catherine Ditter of Kaukauna at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Kaukauna. Following military service during the Korean...
Ethel Weber
May 3, 2018
Madison - Ethel A. Weber, age 92 passed away on Thursday, May 3, 2018 at her home at Capitol Lakes Health Care Center just three hours short of her 93rd birthday. She was born on May 4, 1925 in Stratford, Wisconsin, the daughter of Philipine and Julius Shadof. On July 17, 1948 Ethel was united in marriage to...
Patricia Hatch
May 3, 2018
Madison - Patricia Smith Hatch died peacefully surrounded by her family on May 3, 2018 at St. Mary's Hospital. Pat was born on January 1, 1934 in Lancaster, Wisconsin, the daughter of Sheldon and Bernice Smith. She graduated from Lancaster High School in 1951, and subsequently graduated in 1955 from St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, School of Nursing. In...
Gunter Schulz
May 3, 2018
Sun Prairie: Gé�nter W. Schulz passed away on Thursday, May 3, 2018 at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg, Wisconsin. Gé�nter was born in 1929 in Breslau, Germany, the son of Robert and Emma (Schré�ter) Schulz. He married Ruth H. Schulz (Degner) in the Morizkirche in Coburg, Germany in 1952, and they moved to Sun Prairie, Wisconsin in 1956. Gé�nter...
Nancy Christopher
May 2, 2018
Stoughton - Nancy Jean Christopher, 74, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 within hours of returning from Arizona where she enjoyed Winter's sun. Nancy was born on April 9, 1944 in LaJolla, CA to Herman and Eleanor Hoekstra. She attended Homewood Flossmoor High School where she was an honor student and prom queen. Nancy graduated from...
Clarence Anderson
May 2, 2018
Madison - Buck passed away on May 2, 2018 at Agrace Hospice Care after a lengthy illness. He was born July 13, 1938 in Lexington, MS to the late Samual and Pinkie (Henrix) Anderson. Buck moved to Los Angeles, CA when he was 18, and then in 1968 to Madison, WI where he spent the rest of his...
Doris Ripp
May 2, 2018
WAUNAKEE-Doris M (Spahn) Ripp went to her eternal home in Heaven on May 2, 2018. Doris was born on December 2, 1927, to Joseph and Agnes (Keller) Spahn. Doris graduated from Edgewood High School in 1946 and was married to Vernon Ripp on September 22, 1949. They raised four children, Ronald (Nancy) of Poynette, Tom of Waunakee, Jean...
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