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.
Gene Markley
Mar 27, 2017
WAUNAKEE-Gene L. Markley (affectionately know as "Pete Ramble", the Mountain Man), age 82, of Waunakee (formerly Orangevale, CA) passed away peacefully on Monday, March 27, 2017, at Waunakee Manor with his brother and nephew by his side. He was born on May 25, 1934, to Conrad and Dorothea (Hardy) Markley on Hawkins Creek in Richland County. Gene had...
Robert Roth
Mar 27, 2017
SUN PRAIRIE-Robert A. Roth, age 91, passed away on Monday, March 27, 2017. He was born to Albert C. and Martha (Kammerer) Roth of Madison on March 30, 1925. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Middleton where he grew up and graduated from Middleton Grade School in 1938 and Middleton High School in 1942. A brief...
Mary Williams
Mar 26, 2017
Stoughton - Mary Jean Williams, 70, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 26, 2017. She was born in Duluth, Minnesota on December 20, 1946 to Larry and Melba Williams. Mary was an extremely dedicated mother, grandmother, daughter, friend, cousin, aunt and sister. She was a very giving, caring person and always had a song or poem to make...
Diana Smith
Mar 26, 2017
SAUK PRAIRIE/BLACK EARTH/CROSS PLAINS- A dear friend to Mother Earth and to all who knew her, Diana Mary Smith stepped off the planet March 26, 2017 leaving those behind to carry on her concerns for equality for all people and to continue caring for our Mother Earth and all the living things that inhabit it, all species being...
Joan Deans
Mar 26, 2017
Joan J. Deans, age 83, of Dane died on Sunday March 26, 2017 at Haven Hills Assisted Living in Lodi. Joan was surrounded by family when she passed away in peace to be with Jesus. She was born to Peter and Martha (Karls) Meffert on December 7, 1933. She married Albert Deans on February 19, 1955, at St....
Amanda Puntney
Mar 25, 2017
MADISON-Amanda Sue Puntney, 36, died after a short illness on March 25, 2017, in Madison. Amanda was born Oct. 23, 1980, in Arkansas City, Kansas and had lived in Madison since 2001. She attended Manhattan (Kansas) High School, graduated with honors from Harper College, Chicago, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Madison with a bachelor's degree...
Angela Burger
Mar 24, 2017
Angela Sutherland Burger (Brown), a long time resident of Wausau, WI, died Friday March 24 after a prolonged illness, at a Florida Hospital in Celebration, Florida. She was 80 years old. Born July 9, 1936 in Charlotte, North Carolina, the daughter of John Bass Brown Jr, and Angela Whitley Brown (Whitley), Angela attended Southern Seminary, graduated from Furman...
John Heuvel
Mar 24, 2017
John Vanden Heuvel, 59, of Madison, died Friday March 24, 2017 at Agrace Hospice Care, surrounded by his family. Throughout the last two months John demonstrated the power of endurance and the strength of love. John was born on February 2, 1958 in Madison, the son of Joan (Sandman) and Norbert Vanden Heuvel. He was the fifth of...
Betty Menick
Mar 24, 2017
Sun Prairie - Betty L Menick, age 84, passed away on March 24, 2017, at New Perspective (Lighthouse) in Sun Prairie. She was born on January 3, 1933, in Westgate, Iowa, the daughter of George and Blanche (Rueber) Lehmkuhl. Betty was employed by the FBI office in Washington D.C. where she met Ronald who was stationed at nearby...
Joyce Coppel
Mar 24, 2017
Madison/ Seattle: Joyce Coppel, age 91, of Madison and more recently Seattle, passed away peacefully on Friday March 24, 2017 in Seattle. She was born on August 7, 1925 in Hamilton, Ontario Canada, the daughter of Harry and Frances (Bloom) Vineberg. She married Dr. Harry C. Coppel on September 3, 1950 in Hamilton, Ontario. In 1950, while working...
Eleanor Jensen
Mar 24, 2017
Madison - Eleanor Marian Jensen (Herling), age 88, passed peacefully on March 24, 2017. Private services will be held for the immediate family. Marian is survived by her husband, Wade; sons, Wade, Mark (Jodi) and Tom; and daughter Kris Jensen. Please honor our request for no donations. Cress Funeral & Cremation Service 3610 Speedway Road, Madison 608-238-3434
Dorothy Siedband
Mar 22, 2017
MADISON- Dorothy Siedband, 88, passed away on March 22, 2017. Our mom, wife and Bubie. Teacher, tireless volunteer, gardener, and friend. Dottie was a longtime teacher in the Mazomanie (Wisconsin) Elementary School where she taught countless children with special needs how to read. She began teaching in Mazomanie in 1973 after serving as a reading teacher in the...
Elizabeth Henry
Mar 21, 2017
Madison- Elizabeth A. "Betty" Henry, devoted wife, mother, and grandmother passed away on March 21, 2017. Betty was born on August 27, 1921 in Blue Island, Il, to Earle and Florence (Kough) James. As a child, she moved with her family to a ranch near Calgary, Alberta, in western Canada, where she lived several years. In the early...
John Smith
Mar 21, 2017
MADISON- John Raymond Smith, age 82 of Madison passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Lighthouse Retirement Center. He was born June 27, 1934 in Fond du Lac, the son of Viola and Chester Smith. He married Joan Kathleen Campbell on April 27, 1957 in Ashippun. John was an active member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, where...
Lawrence Dosch
Mar 20, 2017
Stoughton- Lawrence Dosch, age 73, died peacefully embraced by his family, on Monday, March 20, 2017 at Skaalen Nursing & Rehabilitation. He was born in Richland Center on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1943, the son of Perry and Inez (Osborne) Dosch. Larry grew up on the family farm known as Dosch's Corners at the intersection of Highway 56...
Helen Huhta
Mar 20, 2017
Helen Phares Huhta (1924-2017) Madison: Helen Phares Huhta--devoted wife, mother, and grandmother--passed away on March 20, 2017. She was born on December 5, 1924 in Montrose, WV, to Emerson and Luella Phares. After graduating from Elkins High School in 1942, Helen worked as a typist in Baltimore, MD, where she met her husband, Clifford Edwin Huhta, a 1st...
Margaret Murray
Mar 20, 2017
MADISON- Margaret W. Murray, age 98, of Madison passed away on March, 20th, 2017 at her home. She was born April 20th, 1918 in Madison, the daughter of Joseph A. Wirka and Salena Casey. She married William F. Murray on August 2nd, 1947 in Madison. Margaret graduated high school at Madison West, later on to complete her Bachelors...
Martha Christensen
Mar 19, 2017
DR. MARTHA CHRISTENSEN Dr. Martha Christensen, of Madison Wisconsin, 85, died on March 19, 2017. Born on January 4, 1932 in Ames, Iowa to Eva (Patterson) Christensen and Dr. Leo M. Christensen, she had most of her education in the public schools in Lincoln, Nebraska and attended the University of Nebraska (B. S. and M. S. degrees) and...
Edward Killeen
Mar 19, 2017
Madison - Edward F. Killeen passed away March 19, 2017. Ed was born on December 29, 1930, in Schenectady, New York. He was the third of five sons born to Louis and Catherine Fagan Killeen. He graduated from Mont Pleasant High School '50, Middlebury College '54 and the University of Virginia Law School '57. Killeen's business career started...
Arlene Duren
Mar 19, 2017
Madison - Arlene Duren, age 85, went home to the Lord on Sunday, March 19, 2017. She was born on March 9, 1932, daughter of Paul and Katherine (Peters) Haas in Plain, Wisconsin. Arlene worked for 18 years at River Valley Schools as a Librarian Assistant. She also worked for 20 years in Madison for Insurance Companies. She...
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